Bereft
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781402798399 (1402798393)
Publish date: January 1st 2012
Publisher: SilverOak
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Category:
Cultural,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Mystery,
War,
Family,
Contemporary,
Crime,
Gothic,
Australia
There is only so much one can read about little girls murdered by big bad men. I know it makes for an easy plot, but, dear writers, give me a break!And it is such a shame, because Chris Womersley knows how to write. As in he can produce beautiful sentences. He can create great atmosphere – there is ...
This short, but very intense novel, takes place in Australia, in the second decade of the twentieth century, in the years just preceding the war to end all wars, World War I, and the years just afterwards. It is a murder mystery, infused with the supernatural. There are séances with visionaries, mag...
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