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Ghost Wall

By: Sarah Moss
Narrated by: Christine Hewitt
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Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019

A story at once mythic and strikingly timely, Sarah Moss's Ghost Wall urges us to wonder how far we have come from the 'primitive minds' of our ancestors.

Teenage Silvie is living in a remote Northumberland camp as an exercise in experimental archaeology. Her father is an abusive man, obsessed with recreating the discomfort, brutality and harshness of Iron Age life.

Behind and ahead of Silvie's narrative is the story of a bog girl, a sacrifice, a woman killed by those closest to her, and as the hot summer builds to a terrifying climax, Silvie and the Bog girl are in ever more terrifying proximity.

©2012 Sam Millar (P)2018 Bolinda Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction
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i am always reluctant to blow a credit on a book under 4 hours but this was absolutely stunning from start to finish. i loved the narrator being a Northerner (not posh English!) telling a story that cuts across the power politics of class, gender and region. The scenario is fresh and original, using an unorthodox archeological trip to grapple with issues that are central to contemporary life. Sarah Moss is a brilliant writer who manages to deal with complex psychological entanglements in a way that is subtle and compassionate but also meaty. The characters of Silvie and her father are full of energy and vigour -- utterly absorbing -- and the story rocks along to a disturbing conclusion.

If like me, you like a good story with psychological depth and some flair in the writing, as well something that breaks free of the familiar formulas, this is for you!

Terrific story, great voice, lots of substance

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