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 see them through the window, close to the beach. My little brother is sat on my lap. Him puts hims hands on the table, leans round and looks up at me. Hims brown eyes have my reflection inside. I smile at him, stroke the curls on the ...
I close up the door. A few women have brought thems trade down to the beach, and are handing over woven rugs and baskets to a pair of tall men what're stood by the boats. Fourteen of the tall men walk up the beach in pairs, ...
I get close enough to one of the tall men, grab hims wrist as him is picking up a crate of ropes, wearing black gloves. Hims cold wrist feels like him is dead though him is up and walking. Touching hims skin sends a judder right through ...
Listen close; the sea comes in, so close, like it's in the room with me, so close, like it's in my head, filling it with waves. Barney's voice speaks inside the shell, 'Mary, where's moppet?' Just.
Too secret to speak of. I lie down on Barney's bed, curled up with the moppet next to my ear, hear Barney's voice sing la la la like the baby him still is. I listen close, hims voice talks and I hear a dreaming place of Barney's.
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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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