Everything I loved about Fern—her long, ropy blonde hair, her soft brown skin and handsome, angular face—was exaggerated unpleasantly in her brother John. He was all chin and nose and his skin looked dirty. His hair was dirty. Fern’s eyes were a startling blue, but John’s made him look mad, as though he might be blind behind their dazzle. Once he came home while Fern and I were swimming and stood by the pool in his school uniform, looking down at us.
Tegan Bennett Daylight is a compelling writer with a real knack for quiet, domestic tragedy, and that's really on show in this heartbreaking short, 'Other Animals'. It speaks of lost friendships and growing up and those hidden secrets that only age really reveals.
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