The Ruins - Becky Docton

'Exquisite … gloriously Dickensian. The writing is breathtaking. Absolutely stunning' Veronica Henry*Special Collector’s Edition available to the first UK print run only! Featuring a stunning foil on board design beneath the dust jacket – order now. Available while stocks last*'Elegant and exacting, beautifully cataloguing Lucie's moods and feelings as her fractured family history takes its toll' Daily Mail'A powerful new voice in fiction' Woman's Own‘A sweeping story of self-discovery' Anita FrankFall in love with the extraordinary debut from Becky Docton, perfect for fans of Alice Winn and Clare Chambers.* * * * * Devon, 1937Lucie, just seven years old, newly arrived in England, watches blood drip from her mother’s hem as she crosses the footbridge to the train that will snatch her out of her life, the words, ‘Don’t leave me,’ captured in her throat.Clifford glances at the small girl sitting beside him as they drive back to The Ruins, the ancestral home Lucie has never known. Once alive with weekend parties, croquet and swimming in the lake, ‘These days, nobody is happy here,’ Clifford tells Lucie.Enid, in the vast, dark kitchen, clutches a cigarette and a sour drink, her violet eyes appraising the new arrival like a spider intent on a fly. She murmurs, ‘She’s got Kyte in her. Looks like Ruth.’ But this is not a compliment.Ruth seethes with rage as she studies her own lovely face in the mirror of her cabin, aboard the ocean liner that will carry he
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