Deep Secret, 9781783449026
Paperback
‘There’s another world in there.“We could float in and out of it.‘Deep in a Derbyshire valley live two girls, twins, so alike that even their family can’t tell them apart. New characters enter their lives and desires, love and grief come to the surface.

Deep Secret

  • Paperback

    272 pages

  • Release Date

    2 January 2020

Summary

Grace put out her hand, almost touching the mirror. Her image did the same.‘There’s another world in there.“We could float in and out of it.‘Deep in a Derbyshire valley live two girls, twins, so alike that even their family can’t tell them apart. But tragedy is waiting. When the valley is sold to be flooded for a huge dam, the villagers are forced to leave their homes. Deep secrets are uncovered. New characters enter their lives and desires, love and grief come to the surface.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781783449026
ISBN-10:1783449020
Author:Berlie Doherty
Publisher:Andersen Press Ltd
Imprint:Andersen Press Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:272
Release Date:2 January 2020
Weight:219g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 17mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“We should treasure writers like Berlie Doherty who are incapable of writing a mediocre sentence” * Sunday Telegraph *“Berlie Doherty has a magic in her … she uses words as if language had just been invented” * TES *“Berlie Doherty is a superb writer” * Scotsman *“This is the kind of story that resonates with readers long after the final page, and highly recommended.” * LoveReading4Kids *”[Berlie Doherty’s] graceful, lyrical prose just floats from the page and you lose yourself in the worlds she creates” – Jill Murphy * The Bookbag *

About The Author

Berlie Doherty

Berlie Doherty was born in Liverpool and writes for adults and children. Her first book, HOW GREEN YOU ARE! was published in 1982 and she has been a full-time, compulsive writer of novels, stories, poems and plays since then. She has written over forty books. In 2002 Berlie Doherty was awarded an honorary doctorate at the University of Derby for excellence in her field. She lives in Edale in the Peak District, where she spends her spare time walking, day-dreaming, and struggling to learn piano, violin and tin whistle.

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