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Herring Girl
Debbie Taylor
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Description for Herring Girl
Paperback. When everything you've ever wanted is in the past, how do you live in the present? Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 448.
Set in a Tyneside fishing village, Herring Girl moves effortlessly between 1898 and 2007 as twelve-year-old Ben finds himself the unlikely conduit for Annie, a herring girl who lived – and died – a century earlier. As Ben tries to unravel the puzzle of Annie’s death, he is drawn irresistibly into her long-vanished world.
Bringing the startling story of Annie’s life and curious death vividly to life, this brilliantly realised historical mystery introduces a cast of unforgettable characters, and reveals how the secrets of our past are never too far away.
Product Details
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780744186
SKU
V9781780744186
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Debbie Taylor
Debbie Taylor is the founder and Editorial Director of Mslexia. She has worked as Editor at New Internationalist and Writing Women magazines and as a writer, researcher and project manager for many organisations, including Oxfam, Anti-Slavery, BBC 2, Channel 4, UNICEF and WHO. Her novels include The Fourth Queen and Hungry Ghosts. She lives in a decommissioned lighthouse at the ... Read more
Reviews for Herring Girl
‘Taylor is superb at voices from another, or any, age. Annie is utterly convincing… Ben too is a touching figure’
Scotsman
‘This powerfully atmospheric novel absolutely enthralled me…I was utterly gripped…It’s brilliantly plotted, beautifully written, full of memorable characters and steeped in so much local flavour you can almost taste the kippers’
Daily Mail
‘A great ... Read more
Scotsman
‘This powerfully atmospheric novel absolutely enthralled me…I was utterly gripped…It’s brilliantly plotted, beautifully written, full of memorable characters and steeped in so much local flavour you can almost taste the kippers’
Daily Mail
‘A great ... Read more