Deep Secret
Will be published approx. on 2. September 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-84939-235-8 (ISBN)
Description
Grace put out her hand, almost touching the mirror. Her image did the same.
'There's another world in there.'
'We could float in and out of it.'
Deep in a Derbyshire valley live two girls, twins, so alike they seem like one person, even their family can't tell them apart. But tragedy is waiting.
When the valley is sold to be flooded for a huge dam, the villagers are forced to leave their homes. Deep secrets are uncovered. New characters enter their lives and desires, love and grief come to the surface.
'There's another world in there.'
'We could float in and out of it.'
Deep in a Derbyshire valley live two girls, twins, so alike they seem like one person, even their family can't tell them apart. But tragedy is waiting.
When the valley is sold to be flooded for a huge dam, the villagers are forced to leave their homes. Deep secrets are uncovered. New characters enter their lives and desires, love and grief come to the surface.
Reviews / Votes
"We should treasure writers like Berlie Doherty who are incapable of writing a mediocre sentence" * Sunday Telegraph * "Berlie Doherty has a magic in her . . . she uses words as if language had just been invented" * TES * "Berlie Doherty is a superb writer" * Scotsman * "This is the kind of story that resonates with readers long after the final page, and highly recommended." * LoveReading4Kids * "[Berlie Doherty's] graceful, lyrical prose just floats from the page and you lose yourself in the worlds she creates" -- Jill Murphy * The Bookbag *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 12 to 17 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
303 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84939-235-8 (9781849392358)
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Person
Berlie Doherty was born in Liverpool and writes for adults and children. Her first book, HOW GREEN YOU ARE! was published in 1982 and she has been a full-time, compulsive writer of novels, stories, poems and plays since then. She has written over forty books. In 2002 Berlie Doherty was awarded an honorary doctorate at the University of Derby for excellence in her field. She lives in Edale in the Peak District, where she spends her spare time walking, day-dreaming, and struggling to learn piano, violin and tin whistle.