Review
A marvellous novel about forbidden passions (Daily Mail )
An intensely gripping book...written so seductively that some passages sing out from the page, like music for the eyes (Sunday Times )
A hugely involving story which often stops you in your tracks with the beauty of its writing (Observer )
An electrifying and original talent, a writer whose style is characterized by a lyrical, dreamy intensity (Guardian )
An intensely gripping book...written so seductively that some passages sing out from the page, like music for the eyes (Sunday Times )
A hugely involving story which often stops you in your tracks with the beauty of its writing (Observer )
An electrifying and original talent, a writer whose style is characterized by a lyrical, dreamy intensity (Guardian )
Product Description
Catherine and her brother, Rob, don't know why they have been abandoned by their parents. Incarcerated in the enormous country house of their grandfather & the man from nowhere & they create a refuge against their family's dark secrets and the outside world as it moves towards the First World War. As time passes their sibling love deepens and crosses into forbidden territory, but they are not as alone in the house as they believe.
