Splintered in Her Head

Reference to:

Charlotte Sometimes

A novel by Penelope Farmer

1969, Chatto & Windus

Also referenced in 'The Empty World' and 'Charlotte Sometimes'

Charlotte Sometimes, the novel

Spoiler alert - buy the book and read it before you read this if possible.

A young girl in a new boarding school sleeps in a an old bed and wakes up the next morning to find she is someone else in the same bed 40 years earlier. Vivid and strange imagery throughout with wonderful prose beautifully chosen by Robert Smith to create a complete experience.

See Charlotte Sometimes for full story

p144

‘stiff as toys and tall as men’

P155 - ‘everything else that had happened seemed to splinter in her head and fall away.’

Title of B side

Splintered in Her Head, the song

Shape is still
Asleep
With the toys
As tall as men
The pictures in the hallway
Turning inside
Whispers
Unseen
Jumping against the sky
Slipping away
He looks
For the last time...

Songwriters: LAURENCE ANDREW TOLHURST, ROBERT JAMES SMITH, SIMON GALLUP