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Sarah Challis (Author)
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Publication Date: 28 Dec 2006

When Emily Kingsley arrives at the church for her eccentric Great Aunt Mary’s funeral, she is still grieving for her broken relationship with the vain, mean and unfaithful Ted, and has little sorrow to spare. At the wake afterwards, she is dismayed to learn the content’s of Mary’s will. Emily and her cousin Clemmie must go to Mali, where they are to travel by camel into the Sahara Desert to scatter her ashes.


 


Clemmie, fanciful and rootless, is thrilled at the chance of adventure. Emily is not. With immense reluctance, she agrees to travel to Mali, and find Timadjlalen, a place in the desert that no one has ever heard of. Why Mary chose it as her final resting place she cannot imagine, and the thought of a hot, pointless trip is almost too much to bear. But once Emily and Clemmie set foot on the Saharan sand, and begin to uncover Mary’s sixty-year-old secret, they come to understand why they must complete her journey...

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  • Paperback: 512 pages
  • Publisher: Headline Review; New Ed edition (28 Dec 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0755321693
  • ISBN-13: 978-0755321698
  • Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 3.3 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 135,923 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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'The characters are well drawn and the story!moves at a gripping pace' -- Daily Telegraph 20061230 'A beguiling story that transports readers to the heat and passions of the Sahara' -- Lancashire Evening Post 20070408

About the Author

Sarah Challis, whose father is the distinguished cinematographer, Christopher Challis, travelled widely with film units as a child. She has since lived in Scotland and California but is now happily settled in a Dorset village with three rescued dogs and three chickens. She is married with four sons.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Best Challis yet ! 22 July 2006
By Crannog
Format:Hardcover
I have become an unlikely fan of the Sarah Challis book list. She seems to this mere male to write much more believable, readable novels than the average holiday read. Each one is a veritable page-turner and this is the best yet.

Camilla - Clemmie - and Emily Kingsley are twenty-something cousins. They find at their great-aunt's funeral in the English west country that the provisions of her will present them with a modest legacy, conditional on their taking up an unusual challenge. This involves travelling to Mali, a country of which neither of them has heard before, with their aunt's ashes, where they are to be scattered in a certain remote place, far from civilisation as they have experienced it to date. Clemmie is enchanted at the prospect, Emily cynical and unwilling to participate, except to escape from a broken love affair. This counterpoint of attitude persists throughout the novel.

The story is told by Clemmie and Emily in separate chapters alternating with commentary from the elderly Beryl Timmis, who has been their great-aunt's paid companion in recent years.

There is a dark side to the story, supplied in Beryl's history of events which took place fifty years earlier, of which - at the time of the novel's setting - she has clear memories which serve to rack her conscience with guilt and a desire for forgiveness.

Romance happens, perhaps inevitably, and the last quarter of the story is packed with surprises both welcome and sinister.

Challis' gift for storytelling is supreme in this book. Descriptions of desert life, the events encountered by the travellers, the surprising outcomes, all are delicately and realistically drawn. There is a feeling that the author has left a part of herself in the desert country she describes with such skill and sympathy.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful story 12 April 2006
By Teapot
Format:Hardcover
Having enjoyed reading her other works, I was especially intruiged by the title and synopsis of this latest Sarah Challis novel. It didn't disappoint.

Although the main setting of the novel is somewhat of a departure from the comfort of the English countryside, I loved the desert chapters, especially the effect the desert had on Emily and Clemmie and their relationship. Highly recommended.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Impressive Descriptions 23 Sep 2006
By Monika Lang Brunner
Format:Hardcover
I've just finished reading this excellent book and I must confess I'm exhausted. Why? The description of the two girls' travels in the Sahara by jeep, truck and camels, accompanied by Tuaregs is so realistic that you feel you are there with them: you feel the sun burn your skin during the day, you look into Eternity through the stars in a clear and dark sky, and you hear the awe-inspiring silence. You get well acquainted with, and appreciate the different characters - their emotions become yours, you are being carried along, laughing, weeping, furious and enthusiastic. The contents: Complying with the last will of their great-aunt, two English girls, about 26 years old and cousins, carry her ashes to a certain spot in the Sahara without knowing the reason. And little by little they change, layers peel off until they know who they are and what they want. And though there is not much action as such, the book is so interesting because you're living it that you can't put it away. I read all of Ms.Challis' books, all of them are good, but this one is to my opinion by far the best. No sex, no aggresssion, but a lot of Nature - human's and the World's.
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3.0 out of 5 stars An undemanding read
Although I found this book interesting enough to engage my interest, it lacks quite a few things I normally look for in a book. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mrs Teresa Trafford
5.0 out of 5 stars 1 book i'll never forget
I know I am writing this review now but I read this book 6 years ago. I have a kindle now and came across it again and bought it for my kindle. I couldn't resist to read it again. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars enthralling read
Gripping read, one of those can't put down books which speaks volumes. Very enjoyable read makes your imagination run wild.
Published 16 months ago by moorland-lass
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Adventure
I really enjoyed this book, it tells the story of two cousins who visit Mali to scatter their great aunt's ashes in a remote and unheard of place. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Asabrush Velvetear
4.0 out of 5 stars Footprints in the sand
Excellent - I'm told !!! Recommended by good friend, I'm keeping it to read when I go on holiday next month, I don't get a lot of time in my 'normal'life !!
Published 22 months ago by jivequeen
5.0 out of 5 stars Footprints in the sand
First book I have ever read by Sarah Challis and I can't wait to get another.I didn't want the story to end but couln't put the book down either.... Read more
Published on 31 Dec 2010 by Jessie
1.0 out of 5 stars Footprints in the Sand
This book should be called Sarah Challis's Guide to Mali! It reads like a travel guide. Obviously the author has visited Mali herself and really loved it. Read more
Published on 23 Oct 2010 by Annie
4.0 out of 5 stars A good easy read
This was my first Sarah Challis book which was an ideal holiday read. Really enjoyed the gentle story. Read more
Published on 25 Aug 2010 by Kelly Kitten
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I adore this book. I'm reading slowly and carefully to make it last longer. I once lived in West Africa and I have been transported back and I can see and feel it all, it is so... Read more
Published on 31 July 2010 by Anne
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