The Glass House
by Rachel Donohue
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Pub Date 6 Feb 2025 | Archive Date 9 Feb 2025
Atlantic Books | Corvus Books
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Description
The window to the past can never be closed...
1963: At the isolated modernist mansion of controversial figure Richard Acklehurst, the glittering annual New Year party has not gone quite as planned. Considered a genius by some, and something far darker by others, by evening’s end he will be dead in mysterious circumstances, casting a long shadow over the lives of his teenage daughters.
1999: After Acklehurst’s grave is vandalised, his daughters are forced to return to their childhood home where they must finally confront the complex and dark dynamic at the heart of their family.
Step inside a captivating tale of two sisters and their secrets, of love, regret and vengeance.
Advance Praise
'Rachel Donohue is a beautiful writer. Lyrical prose with ominous secrets saturating its deepest core. Just the sort of mystery I adore' Alex Marwood, bestselling author of The Wicked Girls
'I absolutely loved this beautifully written, gorgeously atmospheric, and darkly brooding novel about sisters, secrets and how fame casts a long and toxic shadow' Carole Hailey, author of The Silence Project
Praise for Rachel Donohue
'There is a gentle lyricism to Donohue's prose that brushes everything with a dreamy heat haze - but the emotions roiling beneath are sharp and cutting' The Times on The Beauty of Impossible Things
'Poetic, atmospheric' Daily Mail on The Beauty of Impossible Things
'Haunting and compelling' Emma Rous on The Beauty of Impossible Things
'Evocative and mysterious... sublime writing with an engaging plot and superbly drawn characters' Sunday Independent on The Temple House Vanishing
'Donohue is a master of clean, sharp prose' Irish Times on The Temple House Vanishing
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781838956912 |
| PRICE | £14.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 384 |
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Featured Reviews
Tracy S, Librarian
Set in two timelines this is a story of Richard who is really not a nice man. When he dies his two daughters feel a sense of freedom. They can now be their own person and live without judgement of who their father was.
I really enjoyed this read. I loved the kind of historical sense that this book gave me. it did bounce quickly between past and present and I had to go back a few times to think about where i was but that said it is a well written tale and I enjoyed my reading time.
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