Nina Allan
Author
Publisher
Other Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
391 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Stitch by perfect stitch, Andrew Garvie makes exquisite dolls in the finest antique style. Like him, they are diminutive, but graceful, unique and with surprising depths. Perhaps that's why he answers the enigmatic personal ad in his collector's magazine. Letter by letter, Bramber Winters reveals more of her strange, sheltered life in an institution on Bodmin Moor, and the terrible events that put her there as a child. Andrew knows what it is to...
2) Ruby
Author
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
354 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
The story of Ruby Castle is told in snapshots and fleeting glimpses and secret histories, in tales repeated and reinvented by those who fall under the horror film actress's spell: her childhood sweetheart; an antiquarian bookseller with a passion for magical artefacts; the mistress of the poet who was once Castle's lover; a young girl in a future Russia who dreams of the stars. As worlds collide, the boundaries between the real and the fantastic begin...
3) The rift
Author
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
423 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Selena and Julie are sisters. As children they were closest companions, but as they grow towards maturity, a rift develops between them. There are greater rifts, however. Julie goes missing at the age of seventeen. It will be twenty years before Selena sees her again. When Julie reappears, she tells Selena an incredible story about how she has spent time on another planet. Selena has an impossible choice to make: does she dismiss her sister as a...