- Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: Mira Books (15 May 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0778302709
- ISBN-13: 978-0778302704
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.6 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 54,232 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Margaret Leroy's eerily lovely novel The Drowning Girl is one of those rare books you'll sit with till your bones ache. The mystery of why 4-year-old Sylvie longs to return to a house she has never seen, a family she cannot have known, takes this peculiar child, her anxious single mother, and a romantically scruffy psychologist onto the windswept beaches of a tiny coastal Irish village a setting as enchantingly perilous as childhood itself.' --Oprah Magazine
'This is a really special book. Sylvie s vulnerability is so powerfully drawn, so flesh-and-blood real, that you want to reach into the pages and protect her yourself.' --Louise Candlish, bestselling author of Since I Don't Have You
'This is a really enjoyable book and perfect holiday reading.' --Adele Geras, bestselling author of A Hidden Life
'This is a really special book. Sylvie s vulnerability is so powerfully drawn, so flesh-and-blood real, that you want to reach into the pages and protect her yourself.' --Louise Candlish, bestselling author of Since I Don't Have You
'This is a really enjoyable book and perfect holiday reading.' --Adele Geras, bestselling author of A Hidden Life
'This is a really special book. Sylvie s vulnerability is so powerfully drawn, so flesh-and-blood real, that you want to reach into the pages and protect her yourself.' --Louise Candlish, bestselling author of Since I Don't Have You
'This is a really enjoyable book and perfect holiday reading.' --Adele Geras, bestselling author of A Hidden Life
'This is a really special book. Sylvie s vulnerability is so powerfully drawn, so flesh-and-blood real, that you want to reach into the pages and protect her yourself.' --Louise Candlish, bestselling author of Since I Don't Have You
'This is a really enjoyable book and perfect holiday reading.' --Adele Geras, bestselling author of A Hidden Life
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A haunted child. A desperate mother. An unspeakable truth. 'She's my daughter, but in some weird way I feel she isn't really my child'. Young single mum Grace is drowning. Her little girl Sylvie is distant, troubled and prone to violent tantrums which the child psychiatrists blame on Grace. But Grace knows there's something more to what's happening to Sylvie. There has to be. Travelling from the London suburbs to the west coast of Ireland, Grace and Sylvie embark on a journey of shocking discovery, forcing Grace to question everything she believes in and changing both their lives forever.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the story of a little girl, Sylvie, who has an unusual phobia of water. Looked after by her single-parent mother the child becomes subjected to steryotypes by various people. One day, a photo in a magazine, leads her mother to think that perhaps she is not remembering something that happened to her, but something that happened to her in a previous life.
This is a gripping read which leaves you guessing right untill the end. Great for any readers of modern-alternative kind of stories. A great book for a gift, as it one that isn't so widely known of.
This is a gripping read which leaves you guessing right untill the end. Great for any readers of modern-alternative kind of stories. A great book for a gift, as it one that isn't so widely known of.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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This story affected me from the beginning with a wistful longing for it not to become a silly tale. And it doesn't, just. A clever idea for a modern fable of possession and dark secrets. The painful discomfort of her other worldly little daughter Sylvie not being 'normal' drives Grace to extraordinary lengths in an effort to help her resolve her troubles. Clues begin to arrive in quick succession and the pace becomes quite hectic. Ireland is beautifully evoked and the extra characters are well drawn. An absorbing and thoughtful mystery with a satisfying resolution.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I found this to be a fascinating read, well plotted and beautifully written, with the intriguing subject of reincarnation at its centre. I found Grace's plight both sad and realistic, life was a struggle with a sometimes difficult child who was 'let go' from nursery so that Grace had to give up her job, and the lengths she had to go to in which to discover Sylvie's truth.
A lovely book, easy to read and would definitely recommend.
A lovely book, easy to read and would definitely recommend.
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Implausible beyond words
This book started promisingly, it was well written and made one want to keep reading. The child Sylvie is very annoying and needed to be told 'No' from time to time, I thought this... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Miss Wells
Yawn
The description sounded like a great concept for a book, however, the writer just doesn't manage to pull it off.
Very, very slow book. Read more
Very, very slow book. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Nurrie
Nearly but Not Quite
This novel sounds fascinating from the reviews and the synopsis on the back cover, and in some ways it is, but for me it didn't quite hit the spot to make it a really memorable... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Jenna
brillant
This is the very first book of margaret leroy that i have read. This was one of the best books i have read. I was just glued to this story turning page after page. Read more
Published 4 months ago by bookmoviefanatic
rekindled my reading!
This book had been on my shelf for a while - I've been unable to get absorbed in a book for weeks and decided to give this a go. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Looby
Fantastic Read
This was a fantastic read.... not read a book quite like it in a while, but kept you wanting to go back for more!
Published 14 months ago by Miss V. A. Wakeford
fascinating
read this in a couple of sittings and found it completley absorbing.very well written and am now reading and nearly finished the perfect mother which i am enjoying just as much a... Read more
Published 15 months ago by schoolescort
Amazing
Really gripping book.
Will definitely have you reading on to find out the reasoning behind Sylvies behaviour. I read this in a night, could not put it down! Read more
Will definitely have you reading on to find out the reasoning behind Sylvies behaviour. I read this in a night, could not put it down! Read more
Published 15 months ago by Kimberley
the drowning girl
this story is very inviting for someone that likes reincarnation.i found it very gripping and wondered if i could do what grace did?it makes you think?
Published 15 months ago by denisegav
amazing :)
I have to say im not really one to write reviews but i have just finished this book and wanted to say how much i loved it, i think everyone knows the storyline from previous... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Laurenkay
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