Summary
A sensational debut based on a real-life murder case
It is 1946, and seventeen-year-old Laura Telling is stagnating in her dilapidated Sussex family home, while her eccentric parents slip further into isolation. A chance encounter with Paul Lovell offers her the chance to alter the course of her destiny - and to embark on a new life in South Africa.
Many miles north, sixteen-year-old Gay Gibson is desperate to escape Birkenhead. When the girls’ paths cross in Johannesburg, Lau…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099532743 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099532743 |
| Author: | Rachel Heath |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Windmill Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2010 |
| Weight: | 271g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
A dark, compelling debut … Heath skilfully recreates the trajectory of Gibson’s life, but it’s Trelling’s equally damaged character … which provides the vital emotional charge
A dark, compelling debut … Heath skilfully recreates the trajectory of Gibson’s life, but it’s Trelling’s equally damaged character … which provides the vital emotional charge * Daily Mail *
Heath combines imaginative, fast paced story telling with an unerring sense of period, place and mood… an exceptionally well-written, suspenseful novel. * Guardian *
Excellent on the atmosphere of post-war Britain and the lure of South Africa… compellingly told, reminiscent of early Doris Lessing … the twists keep the reader glued to the novel. * Independent *
…thrillingly macabre. * Daily Telegraph *
Excellent … There is a compulsion and persuasive assurance in the writing * Sunday Times *
A strong, dark and original story, told by an engrossing new voice in English fiction – Miranda Seymour
An exceptionally well-written, suspenseful novel … with an unerring sense of period, place and mood * Guardian *
The strength of this book is its evocation of powerful sexuality and its capturing the flavour of South Africa 50 years ago. * MSLEXIA *
Heath’s reckless, innocent Laura, caught in the upheaval and cruelty of an unjust system that mingled bloodshed with the tennis club and the bitchy tea party, is unforgettable * MSLEXIA *
Rachel Heath explores the dangers of intimacy, the secrets behind ordinary existences, the fruitlessness of the search for a home, and, ultimately, the grim inevitability of disaster. A promising debut from a startling new voice. * Waterstone’s Books Quarterly *
Rachel Heath
Rachel Heath was born in Bristol in 1968. She lives with her husband, a screenwriter, and their three children and one dog in Bath. This is her first novel.
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