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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... feel the tall men's eyes on me . My hair , my waist , my backside as well , no doubt . Them're all eyes , the tall men , each and every one . I yank at the door as hard as I can , it whaps against my boot and springs open . In the dark ...
... feel the tall men's eyes on me . My hair , my waist , my backside as well , no doubt . Them're all eyes , the tall men , each and every one . I yank at the door as hard as I can , it whaps against my boot and springs open . In the dark ...
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... feel like hims Mam myself . I draw my arms around my chest , only there's a hollow where him should be . Tears fall into it ; him is not there to cradle . I want to be strong for him , only I can't when him is not here . A tall man ...
... feel like hims Mam myself . I draw my arms around my chest , only there's a hollow where him should be . Tears fall into it ; him is not there to cradle . I want to be strong for him , only I can't when him is not here . A tall man ...
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... feel a sharp bite on my shin . A thick rope lies next to my foot on the sand . It's moving , twisting , glints of teeth woven through the strands . Da pulls me up on my feet and I punch hims big chest and bury my head in hims neck ...
... feel a sharp bite on my shin . A thick rope lies next to my foot on the sand . It's moving , twisting , glints of teeth woven through the strands . Da pulls me up on my feet and I punch hims big chest and bury my head in hims neck ...
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... feel my hands . Nights and days and nights of not looking . Of no one looking . I try to stand but the floor shifts around and my legs trip me back on the bed . I try again . And again till I'm all stood up . It takes a while , but I ...
... feel my hands . Nights and days and nights of not looking . Of no one looking . I try to stand but the floor shifts around and my legs trip me back on the bed . I try again . And again till I'm all stood up . It takes a while , but I ...
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... feel like them're covered in salt. So do the linens and the threads and the table. So does the washtub, my blankets, Da's fishing nets, the tatties and Barney's bedsheets. Salt is used for the fixing of dyes, but I dun want the world to ...
... feel like them're covered in salt. So do the linens and the threads and the table. So does the washtub, my blankets, Da's fishing nets, the tatties and Barney's bedsheets. Salt is used for the fixing of dyes, but I dun want the world to ...
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