The Magic Places
Published on 20. April 2017
Book
Hardback
260 pages
978-1-911350-06-4 (ISBN)
Description
For dreamer Clare, a chance encounter with old family acquaintance Marcus brings up haunting memories of a childhood holiday, as they try to come to terms with the events and magic that have shaped their lives. They meet by chance in a department store, having not seen one another since a long-ago summer in Guernsey that was marred by tragedy. He lost his son, Tom, in inexplicable circumstances; she was Tom's friend and the last person to see him alive. The novel flits backwards and forwards in time, from the present-day affair fuelled by grief and loneliness, to the summer when Tom went missing - a time filled with sunshine and enchantment, moving inexorably towards heartbreak. The Magic Places is a spellbinding tale of the power of stories and imagination.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Quercus Publishing
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
369 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-911350-06-4 (9781911350064)
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Elizabeth Jenner grew up on the Wirral, and studied for a BA in English and Creative Writing at the University of Warwick. She is now a commissioning editor for children's non-fiction, and lives and works in London.THE MAGIC PLACES is her first novel.