Magnolia is nine years old, with all the curiousity and good sense that entails. She is good with secrets, and knows that her garden contains walramingos. Buffadillos too, perhaps. A 'chapte... read more
A modern Gothic triumph, that blends the lives of three women living, at different times, near the Firth of Forth in Scotland. Powerfully imagined, a deftly handled plot, and devastating.