In the depths of the lush Jamaican forest stands a ruined house of haunting beauty. The abandoned estate is a place of
dreams, magic and madness.
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dreams, magic and madness.
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About the Author
Michelle Paver was born in Malawi; her father was South African and her mother is Belgian. They moved to England when she was small and she was brought up in Wimbledon, where she still lives. After gaining a first in biochemistry at Oxford she became a lawyer and was until recently a partner of a large City law firm, specialising in patent litigation. She has now given up the law to write full-time. She is the author of Without Charity, A Place in the Hills and The Shadow Catcher, all published by Corgi.
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Dark, mysterious Jamaica spreads out before the listener with this family saga of distrust and betrayal, which moves from the Caribbean across the Atlantic to Scotland and London, then back again over twenty years. Anna Bentinck proves a masterful reader as she deftly handles the multiple points of view of the novel's various narrators. Bentinck is excellent as a cockney teenaged street urchin or a tight-lipped parson with secrets to hide. She especially shines when assuming the personas of the Jamaican natives with their patois-accented English and sinister traditions. This love story engulfing three generations of a shattered family proves compelling from beginning to end as Bentinck creates perfect pictures with her voice. D.P.M. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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This book grabbed me from the first page.
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This book starts off with a mother, Rose, giving birth to a daughter, Sophie. She has no help and tells her other daughter, Maddy (10), to help. Maddy is reading how to give birth from a book. After the birth, Rose dies. Meanwhile, the Father dies in battle. An unknown, very severe aunt shows up to raise the girls. 10 years later, Maddy is in Jamaica with her little sister, Sophie and their life begins...
There is so much more to this book but I don't want to give it away. It's such a great read.
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