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The Potter´s House
Rosie Thomas
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Description for The Potter´s House
Paperback. From the bestselling author of The Kashmir Shawl. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 326. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
From the bestselling author of The Kashmir Shawl. Olivia Giorgiadis has left her English roots behind. She lives on a tiny Greek island, married to a local man, mother to two small sons. Year on year, island life has followed a peaceful unchanging rhythm. Until now. An earthquake ravages the coast, its force devastating the island. In the aftermath comes a stranger: an Englishwoman, destitute but for the clothes she wears. Olivia welcomes the stranger into her home, the potter's house. But as Kitty melts into the family and the village community, so Olivia begins to sense that her mysterious visitor threatens all she holds dear...
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007563227
SKU
KOC0015877
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Rosie Thomas
Rosie Thomas is the author of a number of celebrated novels, including the bestsellers Sun at Midnight, Iris and Ruby and Constance. Once she was established as a writer and her children were grown, she discovered a love of travelling and mountaineering. She has climbed in the Alps and the Himalayas, competed in the Peking to Paris car rally, spent time on a tiny Bulgarian research station in Antarctica and travelled the silk road through Asia. She lives in London.
Reviews for The Potter´s House
`Beautifully constructed and written . . . A treat' Marie Claire `Love, seduction, magic and illusion collide as Rosie Thomas takes us on a spellbinding journey through an extremely shadowy world' Daily Express Praise for The Kashmir Shawl: `A superbly researched and vivid evocation of wartime Kashmir and Ladakh' Daily Mail `A spellbinding tale. Beautifully written, honest and compassionate...a delight from start to finish' Daily Express `An epic tale...A complicated entanglement of family secrets, love during wartime and dangerous liaisons. For fans of Maggie O'Farrell' Red `A superbly written novel, marvellously descriptive and especially evocative of the war years . . . a gorgeous treat' Choice `Thomas' portrayal of a young wife struggling to cope with life in wartime Kashmir, her husband's indifference to her and her attraction to a charismatic mountaineer is beautifully written, touching and believable' The Daily Express