Snake Ropes: A NovelSet on an isolated island off the Scottish coast, in a community run by women who are in awe of a mysterious structure called the Thrashing House, the novel is narrated by two teenage girls in very different circumstances. Mary is doing her best to protect her younger brother, Barney, as the island’s sons are mysteriously disappearing. Morgan is scheming to escape the prison her parents have made of their home. The two girls unite, each on a desperate mission in which secrets will be revealed and lives changed forever. |
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I've got to be watchful with Barney. Three boys on the island were took in the last three months. Three men what go drinking with Da, each of thems sons are gone. Dun think them've got blown off the cliffs, we all think it were the tall ...
Him breathes in like I've just jabbed hims chest with one of the needles. I stamp to the front door and open it. The wind blows in the smell of the sea. I stare at the floor, twirl a strand of my dark hair around my finger and pull, ...
I've got enough sense to do the best trade I can, and also enough sense not to help them once them've paid. The tall men take the broideries and go down to the boats. When them come back, I get them to put all our goods on the path by ...
There's a small sack I've never seen them bring before. It's got red words on it, but I dun know what's inside, for the words are in foreign. Dun ask them about that one. Maybe the foreign will make sense later, when I've opened up the ...
I want to shout like Mam would've done, only I've got all the shouts stuffed in my chest and them dun want to come out. Barney's been mine since Mam died. Da said after her funeral, 'Him is all yours Mary, through an' through.
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User Review - bongobash - LibraryThingIt took me longer than it would take me to read another book because of the slow start. I thought it could of been a very good story except questions weren't answered. I wanted to know more about the ... Read full review
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User Review - passion4reading - LibraryThingMary shares a cottage with her fisherman father and little brother Barney on a small island just off the edge of the map after the death of her mother. Traders from the mainland visit the island ... Read full review
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| Title | Snake Ropes: A Novel |
| Author | Jess Richards |
| Publisher | Harper Collins, 2012 |
| ISBN | 1443410160, 9781443410168 |
| Length | 352 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / General |
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