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'[Susan Fletcher] writes with sensitivity and a delicate observation of details.' Daily Telegraph
'Fletcher writes very well indeed on place. Motifs, real and dream-like, of the sea suffuse the book.' Carol Ann Duffy, Sunday Telegraph
‘Richly lyrical prose.’ The Times
'"Oystercatchers" is a stunning novel…both emotionally discomfiting and romantic; at times puzzling, it is profound, beautiful and redemptive. "Oystercatchers" is the work of a seriously talented young author in possession of one of the most poetic and original voices working now. If she can write at this level in her 20s, her potential is breathtaking.' Joanna Briscoe, Guardian
'Her prose is extraordinarily lyrical: haunted, dreamlike and precise, reminiscent at times of Sylvia Plath…Fletcher's words are undeniably beautiful and her themes are profound…a haunting novel.' Sunday Times
'We love "Oystercatchers"…A dazzling novel of love, loss and trust that has a powerful grip.' Woman & Home
'"Oystercatchers" is a Glamour must-read…Fletcher is a natural story teller whose well-spun stories draw you in from the first page…compelling reading.' Glamour
'Like Candida Clark, Fletcher works that rich vein of poetic prose in which characters' emotions are closely bound up with objects and landscape…a commendably and disturbing successor to “Eve Green”.' Rachel Hore, Independent on Sunday
'A mysterious, elemental and, at times, beautifully poetic novel.' Waterstones Books Quarterly
'…Fletcher enhances her reputation with this second novel about the relationship between two sisters…Fletcher has a remarkable talent with words…her approach to the world is side-on, not direct; she is attuned to the ambiguities, the spaces, the gaps left in language, the things that are not spoken; she imbues inanimate objects with a life of their own, a history and a personality and a voice. Fletcher is the woman writer par excellence: intelligent, perceptive, intuitive…British readers looking for a local equivalent to Alice Munro won't have to look much further…She is a highly talented writer and fully deserves the acclaim she has received – and the popularity that goes with it.' The Scotsman
‘Her evocation of place is magnificent…Here is a commendably ambitious and disturbing successor to “Eve Green”.’ Sunday Tribune
'Her language is exceptionally beautiful…her prose is mesmeric…Susan Fletcher is an incredibly talented writer.'Simon Mayo Book Panel, Radio 5 Live
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This is a dark tale of envy, loss, loneliness and betrayal, with love and trust being the most desired of all the emotions.
Susan Fletcher spins a story so fluidly that she makes me feel as if I am sitting beside her listening, rather than reading the words from a page. She has a wonderful way of drawing the reader in with her opening sentences and leaving them unable to put the book down.
I found it quite dark but although Moira is a difficult character to warm to it is easy to see how nature and nurture combined to form her into the teenager and adult that she becomes.
Kept in the dark about the prospect of a sibling until one lately arrives into her life at the age of 11 Moira undertakes her first "cruel" act, cutting off her nose to spite her face and choosing to go to boarding school almost as far away from her parents as she can. At this point in her life at 11, surely her parents could have stopped her? Feeling unwanted and unloved she enters a difficult school life and withdraws into herself.
Entering adulthood she still struggles to feel worthy of being loved, you would have to be a remarkably confident person to never have had that feeling surely?
The story is told in the 1st and 3rd person by Moira and it is only in her telling that she realises how cruel she has been, and how detached she has been from her parents, her husband and her sister.
There are elements of Moira in all of us - loneliness, feeling unloved, jealousy. This book deals primarily with the negative aspects of Moira's life which makes for a dark read.
The descriptions of the school, the seas, the characters made it a real escape for me. I felt myself beside Moira every step of the way.
I look forward to the next novel and plan to read Eve Green soon.
This, together with the fact that none of the other characters (with the exception of Moira's husband Ray) were particularly likeable, made the book, for me, almost impossible to read.
I read Oystercatchers Over Christmas and can honestly say that I certainly wouldn't have finished the book had this not been the last unread book in my house.
It took a little time to get into, but was well worth the effort. Read more
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