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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE 2018.
Chrissie Docherty returns to the southern Africa of her childhood
and tracks down Evelyn Fielding, the woman at the centre of an
explosive scandal involving a traditional colonial officer and a
gifted black African artist. Together, the two women uncover the
secrets that shattered a remote expatriate outpost in the Zambian
bush in the 1970s. Switching deftly between today and the recent
past, and set against a background of tense post-colonial race
relations, political turmoil and witchcraft, `Looking for Evelyn'
powerfully evokes the very special colours, sounds and smells of
Africa.
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Paris Kiss (Paperback)
Maggie Ritchie
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"An intense and satisfying story." - Sara Sheridan. Bohemian Paris
in the 1880s. Exotic, strange and exciting - especially to young
English sculptress Jessie Lipscomb, who joins her friend Camille to
become a protegee of the great Auguste Rodin. Jessie and Camille
enjoy a passionate friendship and explore the demi-monde of the
vibrant city, meeting artists such as Toulouse-Lautrec and the
boldly unconventional Rosa Bonheur. But when Rodin and Camille
embark on a scandalous affair, Jessie is cast as their unwilling
go-between and their friendship unravels. Years later she tracks
her down to an insane asylum where Camille tells her an explosive
secret - can their friendship survive the betrayal?
'A wholly delightful novel' Allan Massie, Scotsman 'An excellent
homage to The Glasgow Girls... both heart-breaking and hopeful' -
Amy Jefferies, Scots Magazine Lily Crawford and Jeanie Taylor, from
very different backgrounds, are firm friends from their childhoods
in Kirkcudbright. They share their ambitions for their futures,
Lily to be an artist, Jeanie to be a dancer. The two women's
eventful lives are intertwined. In the years before the First World
War, the girls lose touch when Jeanie runs away from home and joins
a dance company, while Lily attends The Mack, Glasgow's famous
school of art designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. A chance
meeting reunites them and together they discover a Glasgow at the
height of its wealth and power as the Second City of the Empire -
and a city of poverty and overcrowding. Separated once again after
the war, Lily and Jeanie find themselves on opposite sides of the
world. Lily follows her husband to Shanghai while Jeanie's dance
career brings her international fame. But the glamour and
dissolution of 1920s Shanghai finally lead Lily into peril. Her
only hope of survival lies with her old friend Jeanie, as the two
women turn to desperate measures to free Lily from danger. Inspired
by the eventful and colourful lives of the pioneering women artists
The Glasgow Girls, particularly that of Eleanor Allen Moore, Daisy
Chain is a story of independence, women's art, resilience and
female friendship, set against the turbulent background of the
early years of the 20th century.
'A wholly delightful novel' Allan Massie, Scotsman Lily Crawford
and Jeanie Taylor, from very different backgrounds, are firm
friends from their childhoods in Kirkcudbright. They share their
ambitions for their futures, Lily to be an artist, Jeanie to be a
dancer. The two women's eventful lives are intertwined. In the
years before the First World War, the girls lose touch when Jeanie
runs away from home and joins a dance company, while Lily attends
The Mack, Glasgow's famous school of art designed by Charles Rennie
Mackintosh. A chance meeting reunites them and together they
discover a Glasgow at the height of its wealth and power as the
Second City of the Empire - and a city of poverty and overcrowding.
Separated once again after the war, Lily and Jeanie find themselves
on opposite sides of the world. Lily follows her husband to
Shanghai while Jeanie's dance career brings her international fame.
But the glamour and dissolution of 1920s Shanghai finally lead Lily
into peril. Her only hope of survival lies with her old friend
Jeanie, as the two women turn to desperate measures to free Lily
from danger. Inspired by the eventful and colourful lives of the
pioneering women artists The Glasgow Girls, particularly that of
Eleanor Allen Moore, Daisy Chain is a story of independence,
women's art, resilience and female friendship, set against the
turbulent background of the early years of the 20th century.
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