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Footprints in the Sand (Paperback)

by Sarah Challis (Author)
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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: 19.6 x 13.2 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
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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

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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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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful story, 12 April 2006
By Teapot (Mexico) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Footprints in the Sand (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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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best Challis yet !, 22 Jul 2006
By Crannog "Slainte" (Ireland, west of the Shannon) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Footprints in the Sand (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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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, 6 May 2006
By Nell (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Footprints in the Sand (Hardcover)
Another brilliant book from Sarah Challis. 'Footprints in the Sand's beautiful and evocative descriptions made me want to up and move to the desert immediately. Brilliant, realisitic characters who I connected with. A must buy!
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A story that tells 2 parallel journeys in Mali, Western Africa but separated by 2 generations in time. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Ms. A. J. Dorok

4.0 out of 5 stars Follow a journey
This is the second Susan Challis book I have read and I thoroughly enjoyed what was a different and educational subject. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Joanne D'Arcy

5.0 out of 5 stars A book to fall in love with...
The start of this book, although interesting, seemed to read like most other `general fiction' books that I've read. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Michelle Moore

4.0 out of 5 stars A Dusty, Sandy, Torrid Adventure...
It was with a heavy heart that I began this book - I really didn't expect to enjoy it. I get bored easily and was concerned that there would be lots of overly-descriptive desert... Read more
Published 17 months ago by LittleReader

4.0 out of 5 stars A thoroughly enjoyable read.
A thoroughly enjoyable read. This is the first book I've read by this writer; what comes across in this book is the love she has for her subject. Read more
Published 24 months ago by insomniac

5.0 out of 5 stars Best book of the year
What a wonderfulpiece of escapism this novel was. I have not read any of Sarah Challis's previous books but will do so now. Read more
Published on 19 Dec 2006 by Nightingale

3.0 out of 5 stars Excellent plot but rather protracted.
I hugely enjoyed Challis's earlier novels especially Blackthorn Winter and Dancing Hill which were more simplistic tales but with analysis of social issues. Read more
Published on 11 Dec 2006 by Jane Baker

5.0 out of 5 stars Impressive Descriptions
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,... Read more
Published on 23 Sep 2006 by Monika Lang Brunner

5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant read!
This is a wonderful novel. Along with the characters in the book, you are taken on a fantastic journey from Dorset to the depths of the Sahara. Read more
Published on 1 Aug 2006 by Claire

4.0 out of 5 stars evocative and mesmerising
I have recently discovered Sarah Challis and this book was wonderful, a real escape into another world. Read more
Published on 27 Jul 2006 by Jen 24

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