A Corroded Soul: Childhood

Daniel Connah’s mother is dead. Thank God.

But there’s a problem. Who’s going to explain why the fifty-year-old journalist is socially inadequate, addicted to sex and steals
among other character flaws.

His domineering mother, Muriel, might be accountable. But that lets his milksop father, Jim, off the hook. And then there’s Daniel. Is he to blame? Or was he just caught in the crossfire between warring parents?

At the core of this often darkly comic story about family dynamics and what makes us who we are, is the question of whether Muriel loved Daniel. Otherwise, what chance has he got of loving himself or anyone else?

A Corroded Soul: Childhood, the first in a planned trilogy, is about morality, regret and the perverse nature of grief. Based on his own life, author and BAFTA-nominated investigations journalist Peter Woolrich blends fact and fiction in this searing self-exploration.