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Black Sheep
Susan Hill
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Description for Black Sheep
Paperback. Brother and sister, Ted and Rose Howker, grew up in Mount of Zeal, a mining village blackened by coal. They know nothing of the outside world, though both of them yearn for escape. For Rose this comes in the form of love, while Ted seizes the chance of a job away from the pit. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
‘Powerful… Poignant, bleak and haunting, this is a small masterpiece’ Sunday Mirror
Brother and sister, Ted and Rose Howker, grew up in Mount of Zeal, a mining village blackened by coal. They know nothing of the outside world, though both of them yearn for escape. For Rose this comes in the form of love, while Ted seizes the chance of a job away from the pit. But neither can truly break free and their decisions bring with them brutal consequences…
‘Gripping all the way to its unexpected end’ Spectator
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099539568
SKU
V9780099539568
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About Susan Hill
SUSAN HILL has been a professional writer for over fifty years. Her books have won awards and prizes including the Whitbread, the John Llewellyn Rhys and a Somerset Maugham, and have been shortlisted for the Booker. Her novels include Strange Meeting, I'm the King of the Castle, In the Springtime of the Year and The Mist in the Mirror. She ... Read more
Reviews for Black Sheep
Powerful… Poignant, bleak and haunting, this is a small masterpiece
Sunday Mirror
Compulsively readable
Irish Examiner
Hill deploys her not inconsiderable power to weave a haunting story
Daily Mail
Beautifully, even lovingly, told
Scotsman
There is something Hardyesque in the tragic momentum of this story
Guardian
Sunday Mirror
Compulsively readable
Irish Examiner
Hill deploys her not inconsiderable power to weave a haunting story
Daily Mail
Beautifully, even lovingly, told
Scotsman
There is something Hardyesque in the tragic momentum of this story
Guardian