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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... Give him a blanket to keep him warm. Tell him, 'Shush now, and dun even breathe if them opens the cupboard door.' The tall men are all skinny and pale, with long dark coats and black hats with big brims on them. Them give us goods for ...
... Give him a blanket to keep him warm. Tell him, 'Shush now, and dun even breathe if them opens the cupboard door.' The tall men are all skinny and pale, with long dark coats and black hats with big brims on them. Them give us goods for ...
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... give us. We've got to survive on what we can get. No one here goes to the main land, and no one wants to. Our boats aren't strong enough, we dun know the way, them can't understand us, we're fine as we are. We have so many reasons; them ...
... give us. We've got to survive on what we can get. No one here goes to the main land, and no one wants to. Our boats aren't strong enough, we dun know the way, them can't understand us, we're fine as we are. We have so many reasons; them ...
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... give some as tokens, as gifts, if women choose to buy the plain ones. They want rustic.' 'So you're saying last month them wanted drama, now them're wanting dull?' 'Precisely.' 'Well, I dun know how them can change fashion faster than I ...
... give some as tokens, as gifts, if women choose to buy the plain ones. They want rustic.' 'So you're saying last month them wanted drama, now them're wanting dull?' 'Precisely.' 'Well, I dun know how them can change fashion faster than I ...
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... give me him back! Him is only little – what use is him for you? Him is mine, the only one I've got!' Him leans forwards. 'We don't have him. We don't have the others either. If your parents can't afford to feed you, we can't be ...
... give me him back! Him is only little – what use is him for you? Him is mine, the only one I've got!' Him leans forwards. 'We don't have him. We don't have the others either. If your parents can't afford to feed you, we can't be ...
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... gives me hims voice. Not always; sometimes it's just the sound of the sea, but sometimes it's Barney's baby talk I hear, before the waves wash hims voice away from me. I ask it over and over, every day, 'Barney, where are you?' But hims ...
... gives me hims voice. Not always; sometimes it's just the sound of the sea, but sometimes it's Barney's baby talk I hear, before the waves wash hims voice away from me. I ask it over and over, every day, 'Barney, where are you?' But hims ...
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