In Thrall
by Eva Hanagan
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Pub Date 4 Nov 2016 | Archive Date 11 Nov 2016
Endeavour Press | Odyssey Press
Description
Sometimes we all need a fresh start…
Recently-widowed Amelia Grace seizes the opportunity to escape her stifling middle-class suburban life by becoming the new occupant of Thatchers Cottage, with Ponsonby the cat her only company.
Intent on embarking on a new chapter of life completely free of the pain and grief that caring for others seems to have given her over the years, she chooses the sweet alternative of a carefully-cultivated and self-imposed isolation, where nobody can get too close for comfort.
A yearning for peace and tranquillity that has so far eluded her draws her towards the small stretch of woodland at the edge of her land.
A place of calm and natural beauty, she passes many an hour there each day, drinking in the life-giving spirit of the clearing near the curious rocky mound.
But is a tranquil woodland atmosphere all there is to it?
Is there more to the local folklore about the woods at Thatchers than just ‘old wives’ tales’?
As odd and disturbing events unfold, against which even her wry humour and staunch common sense seem powerless, Amelia Grace must piece together the history surrounding her new home and discover who, or what, is living in her woods, and what it is exactly they want of her...
In Thrall is an emotional tale that questions the tranquillity of isolation and our relationship with the world around us.
Praise for Eva Hanagan
"small and perfect" - Elizabeth Berridge, Daily Telegraph
"precise and witty" - Thomas Hinde Sunday Telegraph
"a subtle and complicated plot, richly satisfying" - Auberon Waugh, London Evening Standard
“Wittily observant” - The Daily Express
“Exquisite” – Kirkus Reviews
Eva Hanagan was a Scottish author, who died at the age of 85, in 2009. During a Foreign Office posting to Vienna after the Second World War, Hanagan met her husband, with whom she had two sons. She published her first novel, In Thrall , in 1977. Following which, there was a fairly rapid succession of novels. She settled in Sussex, from where she authored her novels.
Recently-widowed Amelia Grace seizes the opportunity to escape her stifling middle-class suburban life by becoming the new occupant of Thatchers Cottage, with Ponsonby the cat her only company.
Intent on embarking on a new chapter of life completely free of the pain and grief that caring for others seems to have given her over the years, she chooses the sweet alternative of a carefully-cultivated and self-imposed isolation, where nobody can get too close for comfort.
A yearning for peace and tranquillity that has so far eluded her draws her towards the small stretch of woodland at the edge of her land.
A place of calm and natural beauty, she passes many an hour there each day, drinking in the life-giving spirit of the clearing near the curious rocky mound.
But is a tranquil woodland atmosphere all there is to it?
Is there more to the local folklore about the woods at Thatchers than just ‘old wives’ tales’?
As odd and disturbing events unfold, against which even her wry humour and staunch common sense seem powerless, Amelia Grace must piece together the history surrounding her new home and discover who, or what, is living in her woods, and what it is exactly they want of her...
In Thrall is an emotional tale that questions the tranquillity of isolation and our relationship with the world around us.
Praise for Eva Hanagan
"small and perfect" - Elizabeth Berridge, Daily Telegraph
"precise and witty" - Thomas Hinde Sunday Telegraph
"a subtle and complicated plot, richly satisfying" - Auberon Waugh, London Evening Standard
“Wittily observant” - The Daily Express
“Exquisite” – Kirkus Reviews
Eva Hanagan was a Scottish author, who died at the age of 85, in 2009. During a Foreign Office posting to Vienna after the Second World War, Hanagan met her husband, with whom she had two sons. She published her first novel, In Thrall , in 1977. Following which, there was a fairly rapid succession of novels. She settled in Sussex, from where she authored her novels.
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