"A vividly disturbing, eloquent and enthralling tale set in a home for children who have been taken into care."
A vividly disturbing, eloquent and enthralling tale set in a home for children who have been taken into care. Three girls, their childhoods irreparably altered and broken, live in a remote home. When the body of one is discovered in a nearby churchyard on the edge of a lake, the investigation begins to focus on their pasts.
Sarah Stovell ushers us into a world that most know little to nothing about. The prologue and first chapter made me sit up, my thoughts snapped open, ready to receive what was coming. Three different and emotionally provocative tales move together in an inevitable collision course. The author doesn’t shy away from difficult subjects, and with the majority of the story coming from the girls themselves, the matter-of-fact telling lands with a hammer-blow intensity.
The striking, thought-provoking, compulsive storytelling within The Home twisted my mind and broke my heart, and yet I feel that this is an incredibly worthwhile and meaningful read.
| Primary Genre | Crime and Mystery |
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The Home features in the following genres: Crime and Mystery, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
Paperback, Ebook (Epub). £8.09, down from the £8.99 cover price. In Stock.
The Home was written by Sarah Stovell and published by Orenda Books
The Home has 303 pages
£8.09, reduced from £8.99. In Stock.
