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A Stitch in Time

Collins Modern Classics

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A Stitch in Time

By: Penelope Lively
Narrated by: Lucy Scott
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Maria is always getting lost in the secret world of her imagination…

A ghostly mystery and winner of the Whitbread Award,republished in the Collins Modern Classics range.

Maria likes to be alone with her thoughts. She talks to animals and objects, and generally prefers them to people. But whilst on holiday she begins to hear things that aren’t there – a swing creaking, a dog barking – and when she sees a Victorian embroidered picture, Maria feels a strange connection with the ten-year-old, Harriet, who stitched it.

But what happened to her? As Maria becomes more lost in Harriet’s world, she grows convinced that something tragic occurred…

Perfect for fans of ghostly mysteries like ‘Tom’s Midnight Garden’.

©2011 Penelope Lively (P)2011 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Classics Ghosts Growing Up & Facts of Life Humourous Fiction Literature & Fiction Mysteries Mystery & Suspense Scary Stories

Critic Reviews

"Gentle and humorous with a touch of mystery.” (Michelle Magorian, best-selling author of Goodnight, Mister Tom)
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