Character: Lyra Belacqua
Book: His Dark Materials series
Author: Philip Pullman
26 writer: John Sills
The indomitable Lyra Balacqua (also known as Lyra Silvertongue) is the heroine of Philip Pullman’s ‘His Dark Materials’ books alongside her dæmon, Pantalaimon.
A mother
Caught between lovers
A baby
Born out of passion and of wedlock
A church
Full of judgement and disdain, knowingly causing pain
A child
Breaking free, searching for answers, denied by the authorities
A soul
On show for all to see, yet no sense of her own identity
An answer
Out of reach, still no time to rest, to breathe