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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2012 COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD
No-one here goes to the main land, and no-one wants to. Our boats aren't strong enough, we dun know the way, them can't understand us, we're fine as we are. We have so many reasons; them stretch as wide as the distance to cross to take us there.
The day the tall men come from the mainland to trade, Mary's little brother goes missing.
She needs to find him.
She needs to know a secret that no-one else can tell her.
Jess Richards' stunning debut will show you crows who become statues and sisters who get tangled in each other's hair, keys that talk and ghosts who demand to be buried. In the tradition of Angela Carter and Margaret Atwood, she combines a page-turning narrative and a startlingly original voice with the creation and subversion of myths.
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Recensione
Jess Richards's debut is a cornucopia of secrets and surprises, written in a bright, sassy style. The author is exuberantly inventive in creating a bitter-sweet world of magical transformations. (Independent)
A terrific story, quirky and wildly original. (Joanne Harris)
A mystical book where a harsh self-sufficient lifestyle meets myths, legends and magic . . . an unusual, haunting debut novel. (thebookbag.co.uk)
From the islanders' subtle creole to their myths of sea and sky and earth, Jess Richards has nurtured a remarkable community, their home glimpsed in the sea-mist like a new Avalon. Angela Carter or Laura Esquivel would have been proud of this. (We Love This Book)
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Stunning fiction debut in the vein of Angela Carter and Margaret Atwood
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Snake Ropes
Da: Barclay Books, York, WA, Australia
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Paperback. SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2012 COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD Jess Richards' stunning debut will show you crows who become statues and sisters who get tangled in each other's hair, keys that talk and ghosts who demand to be buried. She combines a page-turning narrative and a startlingly original voice with the creation and subversion of myths. ON AN ISLAND OFF THE EDGE OF THE MAP, BOYS ARE DISAPPEARING The day the tall men come from the mainland to trade, Mary's little brother goes missing. She needs to find him. She needs to know a secret that no-one else can tell her. 2012. A trade paperback copy in fine condition. Codice articolo 7459442
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