Yesterday In The Back Lane

Bronwen's life has been tainted by her killing of a man who tried to rape her in the lane behind her parents' house. She tells nobody about the incident but her guilt manifests itself in the frequent nosebleeds she has at awkward moments. Fifty years later, she is still living her life sentence. Den 17-årige Bronwen er dagen før krigsjulen 1943 på vej hjem med forskærerkniven til julekalkunen. Hun udsættes for voldtægtsforsøg, dræber gerningsmanden, men fortæller intet om det skete, selv ikke, da en uskyldig arresteres og hænges for mordet. Hendes senere liv præges af skyld og ensomhed A portrait of a troubled psyche, by the author of the Booker Prize-winning novel, "The Elected Member". Bronwen Davis looks back over her life, which was blighted when she killed a man who tried to rape her in the lane behind her parents' terraced house when she was little more than a child. Bronwen Davis Looks Back Over Her Life, Which Was Blighted When She Killed A Man Who Tried To Rape Her In The Lane Behind Her Parents' Terraced House When She Was Little More Than A Child. Bernice Rubens.