There are a number of quotes that I have extracted from the book which I feel would benefit from not having an accompanying image. For example-
‘‘My sister Jean was very ill with a mental breakdown she was admitted to a Hospital called Barrow Gurney strange really as my Maternal Grandmother also had mental health issues and went into the asylum first when my Mother was 11 and then finally and for good when she tried to cut my grandfather’s throat.’ ‘My Maternal Gran was never seen my Grandfather was told not to visit as she was inclined to have bouts of violent temper. She never saw my mum for 40 years’
Due to Jake’s nan referencing that she never saw her Maternal grandmother and that a lot of people were not allowed to see her due to her violent outbreaks, I felt the lack of human presence was needed to emphasize how she was not seen and so not having an image allows the space for the viewer the see the absence on the pages.
Another quote is -
‘after adjusting to sharing a bed with my Beloved I was rudely awakened by the alarm and some rather loud claps of thunder. John said don’t wake me up to tell me that. And the bubble burst. I can remember that feeling to this day thinking what a romantic fool I was and still am to some degree the girl in the castle waiting for the Knight in his armour.’
The emotions that Jake’s nan was feeling at the time must have been quite empty and confused and so the emphasis of not having an image on the previous page allows that empty feeling due to the emptiness of the page.