The village life of a 10-year-old girl is disrupted by a newcomer in a tale of youthful mystery and shifting emotions
or the past 20 years, Suzannah Dunn has been known for historical novels focusing on the Tudors, such as 2004’sand 2010’s The Confession of Katherine Howard. Yet for many readers it is her earlier books that retain a unique hold: critically acclaimed contemporary novels and a volume of short stories mostly featuring young women at a crisis point in their lives .
This is a novel about everything and nothing, sour and melancholy, with elements of comedy and almost unbearable beauty While her friends have posters of the Sweet or Donny Osmond on their bedroom walls, Deborah’s crush is Tutankhamun . “I could detect him reaching back through the thousand years of his loneliness towards me.”Sarah-Jayne is sophisticated and disturbingly knowing beyond her years. Her perfect hair and smart red trouser suit stand out among the assorted bowl cuts and hand-me-downs.
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