Jane Harris Libri

Bessy Buckley si è svegliata presto stamattina, ha indossato il suo vestito migliore e si è avventurata sulla strada grande per Edimburgo. Attraversare la Terra del Diavolo, il pezzo di Scozia che unisce Glasgow a Edimburgo, non è una cosa semplice per una ragazza che ha quindici anni nel 1863. Ma Bessy è sveglia, così sveglia che deve averla fatta grossa a Glasgow, visto che, non appena ha scorto due poliziotti a cavallo, ha abbandonato la strada grande e si è precipitata nei sentieri di campagna. Davanti a un viottolo, indicato da un'insegna che diceva "Castello di Haivers", Bessy non ha esitato: l'ha imboccato. Dopo tutto, si è avventurata nella Terra del Diavolo per trovare lavoro presso una famiglia importante e magari sposare un giovane nobile...

Explores the many ways that bereaved families find to express their loss and offers creative ways to survive the grief.

'A fast-paced, twisty story . . . A thrilling read' Catherine Cooper, bestselling author of The Chalet

'Tense, suspenseful and an amazing ending. One of the best books I have read this year.' NetGalley reviewer, SOME TRUTHS CAN'T BE TOLD.

From the award-winning author of The Observations comes a beautifully conjured and wickedly sharp tale of art and deception in nineteenth-century Scotland. As she sits in her Bloomsbury home with her two pet birds for company, elderly Harriet Baxter recounts the story of her friendship with Ned Gillespie—a talented artist whose life came to a tragic end before he ever achieved the fame and recognition that Harriet maintains he deserved. In 1888, young Harriet arrives in Glasgow during the International Exhibition. After a chance encounter with Ned, she befriends the Gillespie family and soon becomes a fixture in their lives. But when tragedy strikes, culminating in a notorious criminal trial, the certainty of Harriet’s new world rapidly spirals into suspicion and despair. Infused with rich period detail, shot through with sly humor, and featuring a memorable cast of characters, Gillespie and I is an absorbing, atmospheric tale of one young woman’s friendship with a volatile artist and her place in the controversy that consumes him—a tour de force from one of the emerging names of modern fiction.

Harris' rollicking yet delicate narrative pitch set the book apart ... [The Observations is] a true one-off. Joanna Briscoe Guardian

'Tense and tightly plotted with a killer twist' Louise Jensen, author of The Intruders

The invention of the Jacquard loom in eighteenth-century France paved the way for computing and revolutionary change. This title considers how computing has reinvented image, material and structural processes, highlighting newly advancing 2D, 3D and interactive output.