Colin. May. Frank. Berenice. The Prime childen grew up in a bleak North Country farmhouse called the Beacon. They seemed contented enough. Colin married and wen... » 

Colin. May. Frank. Berenice. The Prime childen grew up in a bleak North Country farmhouse called the Beacon. They seemed contented enough. Colin married and went to work on neighbouring farm. Berenice married locally too. May stayed behind at the Beacon the spinster daughter looking after ageing parents. And then there was Frank with pale green eyes. Frank who was always watching. Frank was the one who got away. He left for London and Fleet Street but journalism was not enough. Frank wanted fame and money and he got them by writing about his old home his family his past. The Beacon explores the impact of a memoir on a family which is made to feel shamed bewildered blighted. Franks telling the world about his own childhood as he remembers it has devastating effect on an entire community. «