Summary
In a field outside Bromsgrove, two elderly brothers live in adjoining railway carriages. No one visits and they never speak to each other. Until the day Zohra Dasgupta, a young postwoman, delivers an extraordinary letter - from a woman claiming to be the sister they thought had been murdered fifty years earlier.
So begins an intriguing tale: is this woman an impostor? If she’s not, what did happen all those years ago? And why are the brothers such recluses? Then there’s Zohra…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473649156 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1473649153 |
| Author: | Clare Morrall |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Sceptre |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 13 February 2018 |
| Weight: | 485g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 135mm x 29mm |
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PRAISE FOR WHEN THE FLOODS CAME:
Astute and vigorously imagined … frequently wise and deeply humane … After her Booker-shortlisted debut, and two historical novels, Morrall’s accomplished move into speculative fiction marks her out as one of our most dependable writers. - SpectatorMorrall’s superb imagination makes When the Floods Came hugely entertaining but the real power lies in the warmth of her writing and the charm of her characters. - The TimesSuperbly imagined … A wonderful book by a terrific writer - Daily MailMorrall envisions an all too believable dystopian future in a novel that charms and appals in equal measure. - Irish IndependentThe measured pace of the story is mesmeric; the wilfulness of adolescence excruciatingly well drawn - GuardianAbout The Author
Clare Morrall
Clare Morrall was born in Exeter and now lives in Birmingham, where she works as a music teacher. Her first novel, Astonishing Splashes of Colour, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2003. Since then she has published six novels: Natural Flights of the Human Mind, The Language of Others, The Man Who Disappeared, which was a TV Book Club Summer read in 2010, The Roundabout Man, After the Bombing and When the Floods Came, which was published by Sceptre in 2016.
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