Dance Tree
The BBC Between the Covers Book Club Pick
Autor*in: Hargrave, Kiran Millwood
Jahr: 2022
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 304 S.
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- The gripping historical novel from Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Mercies. The perfect book club read, as seen on BBC Two's Between the Covers.'Exceptionally brilliant. Sensual, compelling' - Marian Keyes, author Again, RachelSet in an era of superstition and hysteria, and inspired by the true events of a doomed summer, The Dance Tree is an impassioned story of family secrets, forbidden love, and women pushed to the edge . . .Lisbet is pregnant, and frightened she will lose this child, too, when the arrival of a stranger upends her world, and promises to change her understanding of love forever.Ida's life seems simple - she is married, her family fully formed - but a buried secret threatens to destroy her peaceful existence.Nethe has just returned from years in exile, punishment for a crime no one will name.As a mysterious dance plague takes hold of the city of Strasbourg in the 1500s, all three women become entangled in a web of deceit and clandestine passion that has them dancing to a dangerous tune.'Intriguing, haunting, beautiful' - Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne'I absolutely loved this book' - Elodie Harper, author of The Wolf Den'Extraordinary, enthralling' - Sunday Times
Kiran Millwood Hargrave (b. 1990) is an award-winning poet, playwright, and novelist. Her bestselling works for children include The Girl of Ink & Stars and have won numerous awards including the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, the British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year and the Blackwell's Children's Book of the Year. They have also been shortlisted for prizes such as the Costa Children's Book Award, the Blue Peter Best Story Award and the Foyles Book of the Year Award. The Mercies is is her first novel for adults. Kiran lives by the river in Oxford, with her husband, artist Tom de Freston, and their rescue cat, Luna.
Titelinformationen
Titel: Dance Tree
Autor*in: Hargrave, Kiran Millwood
Verlag: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781529005172
Kategorie: Belletristik & Unterhaltung, Romane & Erzählungen,
Dateigröße: 1 MB
Format: ePub
Max. Ausleihdauer: 21 Tage