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Poppy's future may be full of promise, but there's a hole in her past and it's getting in the way. On her family tree there's a grandma called Sorrel Golding, but is she alive or dead? When she visits Sorrel's sister, Great Aunt Lanky, at her donkey sanctuary, she hopes to find the truth. There among the donkey graves she meets sixteen-year-old Kane, whose muck-raking and feed-mixing are described as rehabilitation, and who is almost as mysterious as Poppy's past. Much as Poppy loves her sad and troubled father, she's determined to uncover all the secrets he won't share. But she is unprepared for the first ghostly encounter, in the village school, with her great, great grandmother, Tamarisk the rebel. Its the first of many, but as she meets the remarkable women who were flower girls before her, she still feels a long way from the answer to the question that matters most. Poppy is falling in love, but Kane has his own quest and different shadows. TRACES is about the power of the past, about damage and healing - or love, ghosts and donkeys.
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In Sue Hampton's eighth novel for Pegasus, you will find her love of flowers, peace and justice, music and history. It is also a tribute to Paul, the father she loves as much as ever, who was once, long ago, a young and very brave conscientious objector.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Poppy, nearly 14, is a flower-girl - so-called because all the strong and remarkable women on her father's side of the family are named after flowers. Staying with her great aunt Amelanchier (the admirable Lanky), who runs a donkey sanctuary, Poppy wants to find out more about these women and particularly the mystery of her missing grandmother, Sorrel, who her father doesn't talk about. Starting with her great-great-grandmother Tamarisk at school, Poppy experiences sudden ghostly `time-flashes' where she sees and hears scenes from her family's past. Then there's great-grandmother Hebe and her conscientious objector husband, Paul. From these traces of her ancestors, Poppy is able to discover more about their lives and understand her own. At the same time she is forging a very special friendship with Kane, a boy helping at the donkey sanctuary. The donkeys too have their own characters and are integral to the story.
Beautifully-written, with style, insight and humour, all these threads are woven into a powerful and satisfying read that also makes you think about things. This is a lovely book and you don't need to be a teenager to enjoy it!
Beautifully-written, with style, insight and humour, all these threads are woven into a powerful and satisfying read that also makes you think about things. This is a lovely book and you don't need to be a teenager to enjoy it!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A lovely, engaging book, beautifully written. The heroine is at that stage of life when she doesn't have much control over what happens - especially over the ghosts which appear unpredictably, giving hints about her family's secrets. These subtle traces of past lives help her to understand who she is and the sort of person she wants to be.
I enjoyed this even though I'm well past my teenage years. I would have loved it at the age of 14, particularly the donkey sanctuary and wise, eccentric Lanky.
I enjoyed this even though I'm well past my teenage years. I would have loved it at the age of 14, particularly the donkey sanctuary and wise, eccentric Lanky.
Format:Paperback
A wonderful, descriptive account. I truly felt I was there and experiencing all that was going on. Once started I could not put the book down - and I didn't want it to end. Any tv producers out there should be seriously considering this story for adaptation - the story line is equal to any Larkrise or Cranford series.
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This is a fantastic book and once i had started reading it i couldn't stop. It has an amazing and an origional plot which makes the book so capturing. Read more
Published 14 months ago by 08wem
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This is Sue's most adult book to date, it is beautifully written and with a great deal of style. The story is about one girls search for the truth about her family's past. Read more
Published 20 months ago by John M
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