Catherine Airey’s novel, Confessions, revolves around Lyca, a Gen Z teenager navigating her family's secrets in a digitally connected world. Set in the late 2010s, Lyca embodies a generation deeply reliant on technology, yet her journey leads her to uncover her family's buried past using analog heirlooms, including diaries and letters. This contrast highlights the challenges faced by young people trying to understand life without the digital conveniences they’ve always known. The novel's thematic exploration emphasizes how vintage media can symbolize integrity and memory in a fast-moving digital age.
A young person's curiosity about a life lived without social media is deployed to superb effect in Catherine Airey's new novel, Confessions, reflecting a deep exploration of family secrets.
In the late 2010s, Lyca investigates her family's past using 20th-century technology, illustrating the contrast between her digital upbringing and the analog world of her ancestors.
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