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Such Pretty Things by Lisa Heathfield [Heathfield, Lisa] is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Such Pretty Things about?

A terrifying story of ghosts and grief, perfect for fans of Shirley Jackon's The Haunting of Hill House and Henry James The Turn of the Screw, in award-winning author Lisa Heathfield's first adult novel.Clara and her younger brother Stephen are taken by their father to stay with their aunt and uncle in a remote house in the hills as their mother recovers from an accident. At first, they see it as a summer to explore. There's the train set in the basement, the walled garden with its secret graves and beyond it all the silent loch, steady and waiting.Auntie has wanted them for so long - real children with hair to brush and arms to slip into the clothes made just for them. All those hours washing, polishing, preparing beds and pickling fruit and now Clara and Stephen are here, like a miracle, on her doorstep.But the reality of two children – their noise, their mess, their casual cruelties – begins to overwhelm Auntie. The...

Who reads Such Pretty Things?

Author

Lisa Heathfield [Heathfield, Lisa]

Publisher

Titan Books Ltd

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781789095623

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Horror, Literary Fiction