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Devil's Elbow
(Hardcover)
Brainard Cheney; Edited by Stephen Whigham
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R805
Discovery Miles 8 050
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Marcellus Hightower, the young boy in the novel, THIS IS ADAM,
returns to his hometown as a grown man in DEVIL'S ELBOW. He seeks
answers, turning for help to Adam Atwell, his surrogate father.
Adam, a black man in the segregated South, shares with Marcellus
the haunting memory of David Ransom's murder on the mighty Ocmulgee
River. The memories interweave with a quarter century of Marcellus
Hightower's quest for love and redemption, through his developing
character, economic calamity and the turmoil of war. With Adam's
sage guidance, he finds a way to "cleanse his heart" and face life
anew. "DEVIL'S ELBOW is a powerful novel indeed. The old verities-a
man's troubles with women, with himself, with love and guilt-are
all treated as freshly as if Cheney had discovered them." Walker
Percy (1969)
'Exceptionally brilliant. Immersive, sensual, compelling' - Marian
Keyes 'Intriguing, haunting . . . raw, beautiful' - Jennifer Saint,
author of Ariadne The gripping, historical novel from Kiran
Millwood Hargrave, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Mercies.
Set in an era of superstition, hysteria, and extraordinary change,
and inspired by the true events of a doomed summer, The Dance Tree
is an impassioned story of family secrets, forbidden love, and
women pushed to the edge. Strasbourg, 1518. In the midst of a
blisteringly hot summer, a lone woman begins to dance in the city
square. She dances for days without pause or rest, and as she is
joined by hundreds of others, the authorities declare an emergency.
Musicians will be brought in to play the Devil out of these women.
Just beyond the city's limits, pregnant Lisbet lives with her
mother-in-law and husband, tending the bees that are their
livelihood. And then, as the dancing plague gathers momentum,
Lisbet's sister-in-law Nethe returns from seven years' penance in
the mountains for a crime no one will name. It is a secret that
Lisbet is determined to uncover. As the city buckles under the beat
of a thousand feet, she finds herself thrust into a dangerous web
of deceit and clandestine passion, but she is dancing to a
dangerous tune . . . 'Extraordinary . . . An exceptionally
atmospheric, original story' - The Sunday Times 'Spellbinding' -
Elodie Harper, author of The Wolf Den
An actress, whom most men considered a loose woman, after her
initial performance, receives a note and flowers along with an
invitation to a late night supper from a well-known playboy. An
answer to her dream, even knowing the man had a reputation as a
rake, attends, and the evening changes her life dramatically.
In India in the mid-nineteenth century, Reggie Fitzsimmons is a
young, virile, smart businessman. He sees no reason why he can't be
a merchant trader and act as a part-time sergeant in the military-
unaware that a completely different destiny awaits him.
Feeling compelled to fulfill his military commitment and in need
of extra income, Reggie joins the East India Company militia that
supports the Royal British Army during the 1857 Indian Mutiny. He
feels he is not only serving the Queen but saving the British
Empire from a terrible tragedy. Without reservation, he becomes
engaged in the Siege of Delhi, one of the most ruthless and bloody
battles of the uprising.
In the midst of war, he succumbs to a forbidden love affair with
Manju, a servant girl, and forsakes his wife, Mary, who hastily
returns to London. But Reggie and Manju face many obstacles in
their relationship. Nevi Qureshi, an unsavory Indian patriot, vows
that Manju will be his, and he will do whatever it takes to make
this so. Reggie, determined to stop Qureshi, must also survive the
challenges and dangers of war in order for the two lovers to become
one.
The Woolworths girls have come a long way together . . .
Fun loving Maisie, is devoted to her young family and her work at Woolworths. But her happy life with her RAF officer husband, their baby daughter leads her to think of the family she left behind . . . With the war now into its fourth year, what will she find when she sets about searching for them?
Sarah and her husband, Alan, are blissfully happy and long for a sibling for their daughter. But dark days lay ahead for this close family.
Freda heads home to Birmingham, to go in search of her family, back to the life she fled – far from the safety of Woolworths and her new friends.
With families’ separated by war, will the Woolworths girls be able to pull together?
Wartime at Woolworths is the third moving installment in the much-loved Woolworths series by bestselling author Elaine Everest.
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