Trauma's Unsettling Terrain: "Sky City" and the Haunting of Reality Jacqueline Crooks' second novel, "Sky City", is a deeply unsettling portrayal of trauma that defies easy narratives or resolutions.
On its surface, it's a story about Jaycee, a young woman whose childhood was marred by abuse and neglect in 1990s London.
But beneath the faintly surreal surface of Crooks' prose lies a complex exploration of how trauma warps our perceptions of reality.