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The Earth Hums in B Flat
Mari Strachan
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Description for The Earth Hums in B Flat
Paperback. Detective fiction from a moving, nostalgic and truly authentic new voice Num Pages: 346 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242. Detective fiction from a moving, nostalgic and truly authentic new voice. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight: 238.
Gwenni Morgan is not like any other girl in this small Welsh town. Inquisitive, bookish and full of spirit, she can fly in her sleep and loves playing detective. So when a neighbour mysteriously vanishes, and no one seems to be asking the right questions, Gwenni decides to conduct her own investigation. Mari Strachan's unforgettable novel was one of the most acclaimed and successful debuts of 2009. It is a heart-breaking and hugely enjoyable story.
Gwenni Morgan is not like any other girl in this small Welsh town. Inquisitive, bookish and full of spirit, she can fly in her sleep and loves playing detective. So when a neighbour mysteriously vanishes, and no one seems to be asking the right questions, Gwenni decides to conduct her own investigation. Mari Strachan's unforgettable novel was one of the most acclaimed and successful debuts of 2009. It is a heart-breaking and hugely enjoyable story.
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
346
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847673053
SKU
V9781847673053
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Ref
99-99
About Mari Strachan
Mari Strachan and her husband live in the hills of Ceredigion, Wales. The Earth Hums in B Flat was her first book, and she is the author of Blow on a Dead Man's Embers.
Reviews for The Earth Hums in B Flat
The Earth Hums in B Flat is a richly evocative, warm but unsentimental tale of a child detective struggling to piece together clues about the lives around her ... extremely compelling. I loved this novel.
Catherine O'Flynn, author of What Was Lost
I loved this debut, which manages to give a young girl's narrative an authentically quirky aspect, without ever resorting to cutesiness or cosiness . . . Strachan eschews whimsy for reality in a beautifully written story about growing up.
Lesley McDowell
Independent on Sunday
A fondness for unorthodoxy gives [Strachan's] girl-growing-up story its unique flavour . . . A warm and touching, but blessedly unsentimental, novel.
Kate Saunders
The Times
Strachan's prose is pitch perfect. A gorgeous debut.
Eithne Farry
Marie Claire
At a time when many panic-stricken publishers want their debut novelists to resemble junior celebs fresh out of stage school, Mari Strachan - and Canongate - are proving that the words still matter most. ... Strachan has a voice and a vision all her own.
Boyd Tonkin
Independent
Catherine O'Flynn, author of What Was Lost
I loved this debut, which manages to give a young girl's narrative an authentically quirky aspect, without ever resorting to cutesiness or cosiness . . . Strachan eschews whimsy for reality in a beautifully written story about growing up.
Lesley McDowell
Independent on Sunday
A fondness for unorthodoxy gives [Strachan's] girl-growing-up story its unique flavour . . . A warm and touching, but blessedly unsentimental, novel.
Kate Saunders
The Times
Strachan's prose is pitch perfect. A gorgeous debut.
Eithne Farry
Marie Claire
At a time when many panic-stricken publishers want their debut novelists to resemble junior celebs fresh out of stage school, Mari Strachan - and Canongate - are proving that the words still matter most. ... Strachan has a voice and a vision all her own.
Boyd Tonkin
Independent