"A gloriously dark, deeply emotional and gothic feast of a read set in the Suffolk Fens."
Wakenhyrst is a glorious darkly gothic feast of a read, and I really had no option other than to choose it as one of my picks of the month. Folklore and superstition are bound up in the Fens, Maud Steame has grown up there, surrounded by gossip, rumours and terrible secrets, will releasing her story set her free?
Michelle Paver excels in quietly setting fear loose and disquiet scurrying free. Simply and beautifully descriptive, words leave the page and settle together to gradually create an entire picture. I found myself hooked, then completely snared as Maud’s life unfolds over 60 years revealing the very essence of her being.
I feel deeply connected to Maud, and she continues to exist in my thoughts. Wakenhyrst is a fascinating, deeply emotional, and surprisingly beautiful read, I highly recommend stepping inside and setting your feelings free to explore.
In Edwardian Suffolk, a manor house stands alone in a lost corner of the Fens: a glinting wilderness of water whose whispering reeds guard ancient secrets. Maud is a lonely child growing up without a mother, ruled by her repressive father.
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In Edwardian Suffolk, a manor house stands alone in a lost corner of the Fens: a glinting wilderness of water whose whispering reeds guard ancient secrets. Maud is a lonely child growing up without a mother, ruled by her repressive father.
Wakenhyrst features in the following genres: Crime and Mystery, Historical Fiction, General Fiction, Liz Robinson's Picks of the Month, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Horror and Supernatural Fiction, Thriller and Suspense, Fiction, Recommendations
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Wakenhyrst was written by Michelle Paver and published by Head of Zeus an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Wakenhyrst has 401 pages
£9.89, reduced from £10.99. In Stock.
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