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 © Wendy Bardsley 2014

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"Smith Settle already has a distinguished list of non-fiction books. This is the first novel they have published, and they may well have picked a winner."

Elaine Feinstein, 'Independent on Sunday'

"A novel written by a poet with all the sensuous graces

and originality you might expect.

The world Bardsley sees about her is realer than real, factual and everyday, yet always imbued with mystery and magic."

Fay Weldon

"...very moving, lucidly written, affirmative, haunting, dazzling in places,

very compelling and dramatic."

Gerard Woodward

"Immensely readable - The novel keeps its secrets to the end."

Brian Cox

"Three cheers! for the wonderfully sure-footed way in which Wendy Bardsley charts a passionate love relationship, and for her elegant and sensitive way with language."

Kevin Crossley-Holland

"... set in modern day Yorkshire ghosts haunt the village of Knaresborough. At his fathers home, Daniel and his new love Lydia find letters written by Beethoven. Other clues lead them to the discovery that ..

The ghost story shows Brontë's influence on the author, a poet and anthologist ..."

Patricia Stroh

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