Gifts The award-winning historical novel about women who sprout wings - for fans of THE BINDING and THE MERMAID AND MRS HANCOCK
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Liz Hyder has been making up stories for
as long she can remember. She has a BA
in drama from the University of Bristol
and, in early 2018, won the Bridge Award/
Moniack Mhor Emerging Writer Award.
Bearmouth, her debut young adult novel,
won a Waterstones Children's Book Prize,
the Branford Boase Award and was chosen
as the Children's Book of the Year by The
Times. Originally from London, she now
lives in South Shropshire. The Gifts is her
debut adult novel.
Liz Hyder won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for the brilliantly original <i>Bearmouth</i>, and The Gifts is just as <b>impressive</b> - an <b>imaginative</b>, <b>extraordinary</b> flight of fancy firmly grounded in the grim realities of Victorian England. <b>Brimming with historical detail and beautifully written, the soulful prose soars</b>. It's <b>an insightful, mysterious read celebrating female friendship and solidarity</b>.
Daily Express
<b>Your next obsession</b>. . . A <b>unique</b> and <b>captivating</b> read that we truly adored.
Cosmopolitan
<b>Haunting, thrilling, wonderful. I loved it.</b>
Stacey Halls
<b>Fierce and touching.</b>.. a <b>beautiful, riveting n</b>ovel suffused with luminous magic against the grimy backdrop of 19th century London. Wild female power clashes with dark scientific ambition in this compelling story.
Jennifer Saint, Sunday Times bestselling author of Ariadne
<b>A strong and powerful novel of identity and ambition, it's a boldly feminist novel that lingers long after the last page. </b>
Susan Stokes Chapman, Sunday Times bestselling author of Pandora
In this <b>glorious</b> novel both women and words take flight. <b>Don't miss it.</b>
Annie Garthwaite, author of Cecily
An <b>extraordinary</b> weaving together of the lives of four women. One is an artist who loves the names of colours, another a botanist who loves the shapes of plants. One of its fascinations is the blend of myth and magic, city and country, urban and wild. There are threads that spin a yarn and make this book a page turning success. <b>For any who loved <i>The Essex Serpent,</i> this is one that will sing to your soul.</b> For myself, I found it to be a dream of a book, one that I could lose myself in and escape from these curious times we live in. <b>There's a darkness to it also, but also a fierce light, passion. It is utterly absorbing.</b>
Jackie Morris, The Lost Words
<b>I devoured<i> The Gifts</i>, </b>eager to find out the fate of its wonderfully drawn characters. A <b>wonderful, atmospheric </b>book that immersed me in the dirty streets of nineteenth century London and swept me away to the hills of Shropshire. <b>A real gem.</b>
Louise Hare, author of This Lovely City
I<b> loved <i>The Gifts</i>. </b>Brilliant storytelling, magical realism, historical fiction that discusses feminism, religion, art and motherhood. Shades of Angela Carter and fans of Elizabeth MacNeal will enjoy it too.
Kate Sawyer, author of The Stranding
<b>A stirring tale of female empowerment, full of vivid imagery and evocative settings</b>. <i>T</i>he Gifts' scope is <b>impressive</b> and it's sure to win Hyder new fans and, quite possibly, another film deal.
Observer
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Liz Hyder has been making up stories for
as long she can remember. She has a BA
in drama from the University of Bristol
and, in early 2018, won the Bridge Award/
Moniack Mhor Emerging Writer Award.
Bearmouth, her debut young adult novel,
won a Waterstones Children's Book Prize,
the Branford Boase Award and was chosen
as the Children's Book of the Year by The
Times. Originally from London, she now
lives in South Shropshire. The Gifts is her
debut adult novel.