The reason I picked up this book is because at that moment, I had this wonderful idea in my mind. I was thinking of writing a story of a girl who could see the past and the future of objects. Thus, it intrigues me to see the line "I see things that haven't happened yet. I know things I shouldn't kno...
It's the victorian era in Dublin and Taney is just a teenager, a teenager trying to pretend that her visions don't happen, and dealing with the various issues from being poor in a society that has no or little safety nets. She meets with Billy-the-bowl, who was a real-life-character (see http://www...