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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... pulling and drawing, pulling and drawing. Not a sound from the cupboard. For a three-year-old, Barney is good and quiet for me, when him knows I mean it. I cross the room, whisper at the door, 'Them're coming. Keep quiet, good boy ...
... pulling and drawing, pulling and drawing. Not a sound from the cupboard. For a three-year-old, Barney is good and quiet for me, when him knows I mean it. I cross the room, whisper at the door, 'Them're coming. Keep quiet, good boy ...
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... pull, hard. 'Twenty, then. You wouldn't want to be seen as a charity case, I'm sure.' 'Dun care about being seen as ... Pulling the last barrel out, I hear the back door slam and glance at the side of the cottage. 'So then.' I glare at ...
... pull, hard. 'Twenty, then. You wouldn't want to be seen as a charity case, I'm sure.' 'Dun care about being seen as ... Pulling the last barrel out, I hear the back door slam and glance at the side of the cottage. 'So then.' I glare at ...
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... pull Mam's linens out of the baskets. No Barney. I tear through to the bedroom, look under hims small bed, under my bed, rumple up the bedclothes in case him is hiding. In Da's room, I rummage through the wardrobe where Mam's clothes ...
... pull Mam's linens out of the baskets. No Barney. I tear through to the bedroom, look under hims small bed, under my bed, rumple up the bedclothes in case him is hiding. In Da's room, I rummage through the wardrobe where Mam's clothes ...
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... pulls me up on my feet and I punch hims big chest and bury my head in hims neck. 'Barney's gone!' I shriek. 'Him's been took.' And everything goes blank and dark. Da sits beside my bed on the wobbly stool. Slumped over, wearing all ...
... pulls me up on my feet and I punch hims big chest and bury my head in hims neck. 'Barney's gone!' I shriek. 'Him's been took.' And everything goes blank and dark. Da sits beside my bed on the wobbly stool. Slumped over, wearing all ...
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... pulls fishing net out thems hair. Them doing chasings after us. Me and you, Mary, we got our own flutterbee wings, real ones. We go up in the clouds acause we doing laughings what makes the wings flap hard. Mam and Da is leaping ...
... pulls fishing net out thems hair. Them doing chasings after us. Me and you, Mary, we got our own flutterbee wings, real ones. We go up in the clouds acause we doing laughings what makes the wings flap hard. Mam and Da is leaping ...
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