A Spell of Winter

WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION

By:

Helen Dunmore

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Series:

Penguin Essentials

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Winner of the inaugural Orange Prize for Fiction, now a Penguin Essential Catherine and her brother, Rob, don't know why they have been abandoned by their parents. Incarcerated in the enormous country house of their grandfather - 'the man from nowhere' - they create a refuge against their family's dark secrets - and the outside world as it moves towards the First World War. As time passes their sibling love deepens and crosses into forbidden territory - but they are not as alone in the house as they believe...

Author Biography:

Helen Dunmore was an award-winning novelist, children's author and poet. She published twelve novels including Zennor in Darkness, which won the McKitterick Prize; Burning Bright; A Spell of Winter, which won the inaugural Orange Prize in 1996; Talking to the Dead; Your Blue-Eyed Boy; With Your Crooked Heart; The Siege, which was shortlisted for the 2001 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award and the Orange Prize for Fiction 2002; Mourning Ruby and House of Orphans. She was posthumously awarded the Costa 2017 prize for her poetry collection Inside the Wave.

Release date NZ

June 6th, 2019

Author

Helen Dunmore

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Illustrations

no pictures

Pages

320

Series

Penguin Essentials

Dimensions

111x181x19

ISBN-13

9780241986523

Product ID

28816105

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