Rook
1st Edition
Published on 2. August 2012
352 pages
978-1-4088-3014-7 (ISBN)
Description
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'Beautifully describes the landscape of the Sussex coast, echoing with battles, buried bodies and Nora the protagonist's running shoes as she finds her own way of working through the knots of her life and those close to her' - Readers' Books of the Year, Guardian
'Rusbridge's sympathetic and respectful handling of a sensitive issue conveys an emotional impact that resonates long after the closing pages' - Times Literary Supplement
'An emotional tale of family, forgotten history and loyalty' - Psychologies
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A mesmerising story of family, legacy and turning back the tides, Rook beautifully evokes the shifting Sussex sands, and the rich seam of history lying just beneath them
Nora, a cellist, returns home to the Sussex coast with memories she must banish in order to survive: a charismatic teacher; a mistake she cannot unmake. Her mother Ada is waiting: a fragile, bitter woman who distils for herself a glamorous past as she smokes French cigarettes in her unkempt garden. A documentary maker has arrived in the village to shoot a film about King Cnut and his illegitimate daughter, whose body lies beneath the flagstones of Bosham church. As he digs up tales of ancient battles, Ada and Nora find themselves face to face with their own carefully buried secrets.
'Beautifully describes the landscape of the Sussex coast, echoing with battles, buried bodies and Nora the protagonist's running shoes as she finds her own way of working through the knots of her life and those close to her' - Readers' Books of the Year, Guardian
'Rusbridge's sympathetic and respectful handling of a sensitive issue conveys an emotional impact that resonates long after the closing pages' - Times Literary Supplement
'An emotional tale of family, forgotten history and loyalty' - Psychologies
_______________
A mesmerising story of family, legacy and turning back the tides, Rook beautifully evokes the shifting Sussex sands, and the rich seam of history lying just beneath them
Nora, a cellist, returns home to the Sussex coast with memories she must banish in order to survive: a charismatic teacher; a mistake she cannot unmake. Her mother Ada is waiting: a fragile, bitter woman who distils for herself a glamorous past as she smokes French cigarettes in her unkempt garden. A documentary maker has arrived in the village to shoot a film about King Cnut and his illegitimate daughter, whose body lies beneath the flagstones of Bosham church. As he digs up tales of ancient battles, Ada and Nora find themselves face to face with their own carefully buried secrets.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
ISBN-13
978-1-4088-3014-7 (9781408830147)
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Person
Jane Rusbridge is the author of The Devil's Music. She lives near the coast in West Sussex with her husband, a farmer, and the youngest of their five children. She has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Chichester, where she was the recipient of the Philip Lebrun Prize for Creative Writing and is Associate Lecturer in English.
www.janerusbridge.co.uk
@JaneRusbridge
www.janerusbridge.co.uk
@JaneRusbridge
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Quotation
- Contents
- 1
- May
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- June
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- July
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- August
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- 31
- 32
- 33
- 34
- 35
- 36
- 37
- Autumn
- 38
- 39
- 40
- 41
- 42
- 43
- Winter
- 44
- 45
- Author's Note
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on the Author
- Also available by Jane Rusbridge
- Q&A with Jane Rusbridge
- eCopyright
