- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks (4 Oct 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340828625
- ISBN-13: 978-0340828625
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 518,508 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Sarah Harrison is a master of suspense and keeps us hanging on page by page . . . This book will haunt you. It isn't a pleasant, easy read, but the author never intended it should be. The quality of her work makes it something you will remember for a long time.' (Historical Novels Review )
‘Rich and engrossing’ (Yorkshire Post )
On SWAN MUSIC:
‘Crisply drawn . . . convincing . . . accomplished.’ (Christina Koning, The Times )
On THE DREAMING STONES:
'Utterly convincing. Harrison's perceptiveness, reliably elegant style and compassionate awareness of the subtle vagaries of the human heart make hers a book you're neither likely nor willing to forget' (Harpers & Queen )
'A consummate storyteller' (Woman & Home )
‘Rich and engrossing’ (Yorkshire Post )
On SWAN MUSIC:
‘Crisply drawn . . . convincing . . . accomplished.’ (Christina Koning, The Times )
On THE DREAMING STONES:
'Utterly convincing. Harrison's perceptiveness, reliably elegant style and compassionate awareness of the subtle vagaries of the human heart make hers a book you're neither likely nor willing to forget' (Harpers & Queen )
'A consummate storyteller' (Woman & Home )
Review
'Utterly convincing. Harrison's perceptiveness, reliably elegant style and compassionate awareness of the subtle vagaries of the human heart make hers a book you're neither likely nor willing to forget.' -- Harpers & Queen on THE DREAMING STONES 'A consummate storyteller, Harrison weaves their tales into an absorbing page-turner.' -- Woman & Home on THE DREAMING STONES
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Fascinating insight into village life, centering on the Church, just after the Great War. John Ashe, the charismatic yet menacing victim of the war sets out to woo Vivien, the bubbly vicar's wife, who easily falls into his trap. His horrific wartime experiences, graphically told, explain his manipulative character. A compuslive read - difficult to put down.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Big fan of Sarah Harrison but struggled with this book.
Persevered reading this as I thought something was going to happen to give it a lift.... it didn't!
Hated the end, very predictable.... very disappointing overall.
Persevered reading this as I thought something was going to happen to give it a lift.... it didn't!
Hated the end, very predictable.... very disappointing overall.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Past shadows
22 May 2005
Format:Hardcover
This is by far one of the best books I have read in a long time. Sarah Harrison is a superb writer who weaves her story with touches of mysticism interlaced with hard, cold truths. Apollonia Durrance, known as Api, is the youngest child of singularly unconcerned parents who go their own way, not through cruelty but from sheer apathy and indifference to the fate of their offspring. Api survives a horrifying episode with a control freak when she is just a teenager, only to fall hopelessly in love with a man whom she meets just once for a few seconds. Bryn Mancini is a hugely successful architect, married to a beautiful and talented wife and their life together is storybook perfect. The catalyst which brings Bryn and Api into the same sphere is a large, sinister painting of Api's great grandfather, a man whose past is shrouded in mystery but whose shaded face haunts Api's dreams. It's an absolute cracker of a book which I would recommend to anyone.
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