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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... kitchen through the back door, and all the while him tidies up out the back, and all the while him gets water from the well and washes down the kitchen floor, and all the while him cleans and oils our boots, even Mam's old ones she'll ...
... kitchen through the back door, and all the while him tidies up out the back, and all the while him gets water from the well and washes down the kitchen floor, and all the while him cleans and oils our boots, even Mam's old ones she'll ...
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... kitchen, handed me a bucket and a cloth and walked out. I cleaned the rice off the table and it took a while because it had set like glue. I wasn't sure what to do with it all, so I took the grille off the drain just outside the back ...
... kitchen, handed me a bucket and a cloth and walked out. I cleaned the rice off the table and it took a while because it had set like glue. I wasn't sure what to do with it all, so I took the grille off the drain just outside the back ...
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