Beatrice
A Fiction book. Not what I usually read, but I couldn't put it down. Riveting.
Eithne is the keeper of secrets in her family. When her sister Beatrice disappeared from her home in the dark woods of Co. Meath, it was 13-year-old Eithne who uncovered the forlorn evidence of her life: a string of pearls, a pink beret, a compact and her beloved sketchbook. Their mother, Sarah, was so grief-stricken that she did not speak for five years, and her father Joe, sank further into drink-filled rage.Now, as an adult, Eithne is an artist, and tries to remember her sister in her sketches of the dark wooded bogs behind her house. For there was something else about Beatrice that was rarely spoken of in the household, a dark, guilty secret that her disappearance only made worse. And now, almost twenty years later, all could be revealed when a stranger appears . . .Framed by Eithne's journey to discover the truth about her sister, with the magic and beauty of art running through it, this is a richly compelling, haunting story of family secrets, passion and ultimately redemption.'Vivid and powerful, BEATRICE is a novel told in gleaming moments, like a string of pearls brought one...
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- Filetype: PDF
- Pages: 288 pages
- ISBN: 9780330432023 / 330432028
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I liked this book it is entertaining and well written. as i live in meath and the book is set in meath i enjoyed the book even more Not what I usually read, but I couldn't put it down. Riveting. 'Beatrice' is narrated by three characters - Beatrice, the missing sister; Eithne, who is now in her 30s and a married artist, the sister of Beatrice and Sarah, the mother of the two girls. This is a love story, but not a romance - it is more a story of how love can be lost and denied and often found again, but also a story of how love...
