'Absolutely MAGNIFICENT: dark, witty, charming. I LOVED it.' MARIAN
KEYES 'Original, terrifying, hilarious and memorable.' SUNDAY TIMES
IRELAND 'An Agatha Christie-esque whodunnit, a dark supernatural
mystery and an account of mass trauma...meticulously observed.'
GUARDIAN When several children from the same village start
succumbing to a mysterious illness, the quest to discover the cause
has devastating and extraordinary consequences. It is late June in
Ballylack. Hannah Adger anticipates eight long weeks' reprieve from
school, but when her classmate Ross succumbs to a violent and
mysterious illness, it marks the beginning of a summer like no
other. As others fall ill, questions about what - or who - is
responsible pitch the village into conflict and fearful disarray.
Hannah is haunted by guilt as she remains healthy while her friends
are struck down. Isolated and afraid, she prays for help. Elsewhere
in the village, tempers simmer, panic escalates and long-buried
secrets threaten to emerge. Bursting with Carson's trademark wit,
profound empathy and soaring imagination, The Raptures explores how
tragedy can unite a small community - and tear it apart. At its
heart is the extraordinary resilience of one young girl. As the
world crumbles around her, she must find the courage to be
different in a place where conforming feels like the only option
available. Darkly funny, highly inventive and deeply moving, The
Raptures is an unmissable novel of 2022 'I gobbled up The Raptures
. . . packed with wit and heart, and always utterly absorbing.'
LISA MCINERNEY 'Utterly compulsive and gripping . . . Jan Carson is
a true original. An absolute must read. Outstanding.' ELAINE FEENEY
'Heart-rending, hilarious . . . it's a belter' LOUISE KENNEDY
'Blistering...glorious...written from the guts and from the heart.'
LUCY CALDWELL 'One of the most exciting and original Northern Irish
writers of her generation' SUNDAY TIMES Darkly funny, highly
inventive and deeply moving, The Raptures is an unmissable novel of
2022 Readers love The Raptures: ***** 'An incredibly original and
compelling story set in a Protestant community during the Troubles
in N.Ireland.' ***** 'A beautiful story about religion, illness,
death, grief, ghosts, growing up, belonging and family' ***** 'I
couldn't put it down... Definitely one of the top books this year.'
***** 'A very vivid picture of life in a religious community in
rural Northern Ireland during the early 90s but in many ways it
transcends its time and place... I gulped it down.' ***** 'I loved
everything about this book. The writing style, the characters, the
humour. Best book I have read this year by a mile!'
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