The blue maiden

Anna Noyes

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It’s 1825, four generations after Berggrund Island’s women stood accused of witchcraft under the eye of their priest, now long dead. In his place is Pastor Silas, a widower with two wild young daughters, Beata and Ulrika. The sisters are outcasts: imaginative, oppositional, increasingly obsessed with the lore and legend of the island’s dark past and their absent mother, whom their father refuses to speak of. As the girls come of age, and the strictures of the community shift but never wane, their rebellions twist and sharpen. Ever capable Ulrika shoulders the burden of keeping house, while Bea, alone with unsettling visions and impulses, hungers for companionship and attention. When an enigmatic outsider arrives at their door, his presence threatens their family bond and unearths – piece by piece – a buried history to shocking ends.

ISBN: 9781786495839 Category:

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‘Haunting’ NEW YORK TIMES’A shimmering spell of a novel’ EMMA T�RZS’Partly a young girl’s coming of age, partly a treatise of the wildness of women’ STEPHANIE DANLER_______________________________________________________It’s 1825, generations since the women of Berggrund Island stood accused of witchcraft, many of them put to death. But the shadow of this violent past looms large over the isolated community.Now, the island is overseen by Pastor Silas, a widower with two wild daughters, Beata and Ulrika. The sisters are outcasts: imaginative, rebellious, and consumed by a curiosity about their home’s dark history and the mother they lost. When an enigmatic outsider arrives at their door, his presence threatens their family bond and unearths a buried history to shocking ends…___________________Readers are loving The Blue Maiden’A beautifully told story”One of the most immersive novels I’ve read in ages”I loved loved this”A perfect read for the fall season”A fantastic Nordic Folk Horror’

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Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 cm
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Publisher

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Cover

Paperback

Pages

240

Language

English

Edition

1st paperback ed

Dewey

813.6 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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