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Call of the Undertow

4.38 ( 26 Ratings by Goodreads)
Call of the Undertow

Call of the Undertow

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4.38 (26 Ratings by Goodreads)
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When Maggie Thame, a childless forty-something from Oxford, relocates to a remote village at Scotland's most northern edge, it's clear she's running away. But to the villagers the question remains, from what? Pursuing her career as a freelance cartographer, she lives in self-imposed isolation, seeking refuge in the harsh beauty of her surroundings. This is disturbed when she falls into an uneasy friendship with Trothan Gilbertson, a strange, other-worldly local nine-year old. Like Maggie, it's unclear where Trothan really comes from, and what secrets might be lurking in his past. The lives of both become intertwined, with violent consequences that will change the destinies of woman and boy forever, forcing Maggie to confront the tragic events that first drew her to this isolated place. In this, her debut novel, award-winning writer Linda Cracknell explores themes of motherhood,guilt, myth and the elemental forces of nature in a lyrical, taut and haunting account of damaged lives seeking redemption.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9781908754301
ISBN10 1908754303
Number Of Pages 256
Item Weight 280 g
Product Dimensions 128 x 22 x 196 mm
Publisher / Reseller Freight Books
Format paperback
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'mysterious, deeply touching and makes enchantment feel very close to daily life' Sara Maitland '...seductively pulls the reader into the deeper more dangerous currents of the human heart.Emotions ebb and flow along with the tide, in language clear and crisp as sea air.' Cynthia Rogerson

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Author's Bio

Linda Cracknell writes short stories, drama for BBC Radio Four, and creative non-fiction. She won the Macallan/Scotland on Sunday short story competition, and was shortlisted for the Scottish First Book Award for her story collection Life Drawing (Neil Wilson Publishing, 2000) and the Robin Jenkins Literary Award for environmental writing. Her second story collection A Searching Glance was published by Salt in 2008. She was the recipient of a Creative Scotland Award in 2007 for a project linking walking and writing. Linda edited the anthology A Wilder Vein (Two Ravens, 2011) and has contributed wide range of other anthologies and magazines. She lives in highland Perthshire.

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