"We should treasure writers like Berlie Doherty who are incapable of writing a mediocre sentence"

Sunday Telegraph

"Berlie Doherty has a magic in her . . . she uses words as if language had just been invented"

TES

"Berlie Doherty is a superb writer"

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"This is the kind of story that resonates with readers long after the final page, and highly recommended."

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"[Berlie Doherty's] graceful, lyrical prose just floats from the page and you lose yourself in the worlds she creates"

- Jill Murphy, The Bookbag

Grace put out her hand, almost touching the mirror. Her image did the same. 'There's another world in there.' 'We could float in and out of it.' Deep in a Derbyshire valley live two girls, twins, so alike they seem like one person, even their family can't tell them apart. But tragedy is waiting. When the valley is sold to be flooded for a huge dam, the villagers are forced to leave their homes. Deep secrets are uncovered. New characters enter their lives and desires, love and grief come to the surface.
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Grace put out her hand, almost touching the mirror.'There's another world in there.''We could float in and out of it.'Deep in a Derbyshire valley live two girls, twins, so alike they seem like one person, even their family can't tell them apart. New characters enter their lives and desires, love and grief come to the surface.
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Set in Derbyshire, a story of love and loss, from twice Carnegie-Medal winner, Berlie Doherty.

Product details

ISBN
9781849392358
Published
2010-09-02
Publisher
Andersen Press Ltd; Andersen Press Ltd
Weight
303 gr
Height
198 mm
Width
129 mm
Thickness
22 mm
Age
J, 02
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
368

Biographical note

Berlie Doherty was born in Liverpool and writes for adults and children. Her first book, HOW GREEN YOU ARE! was published in 1982 and she has been a full-time, compulsive writer of novels, stories, poems and plays since then. She has written over forty books. In 2002 Berlie Doherty was awarded an honorary doctorate at the University of Derby for excellence in her field. She lives in Edale in the Peak District, where she spends her spare time walking, day-dreaming, and struggling to learn piano, violin and tin whistle.