Sweets from Morocco
By Jo Verity
£7.99
Tessa and Lewis are unnerved by the arrival of baby brother Gordon disrupting their perfect childhood. Something must be done. Secretly they construct an effigy of the interloper and transport it to a phone box at the edge of town. They don't wish the baby dead, just gone But when Gordon does disappear, it blights the lives of the whole Swinburne family.
Coming to terms with the past doesn't get any easier with the years and the ties binding Tessa and Lewis grow tighter and tighter, as their secret stalks them into middle age.
Reviews
"A wonderfully wise portrayal of intriguingly troubled lives."
Suzannah Dunn
"An exceptionally well-written book
a cracking good read"
dovegreyreader.co.uk
"Sweets from Morocco is a highly readable and sophisticated example of storytelling."
Louise Walsh
"Verity's fiction is intelligent, well-observed, and immensely readable."
Catherine Merriman
"A vivid portrayal of a family scarred by loss."
Louise Wener
"A richly detailed and absorbing narrative journey in the company of two completely believable and believably complicated characters."
Andrew Cowan
Foreword:
ISBN: 9781906784003
Language: English
Categories: Fiction, Novels
First Published by Honno: 1st January 2009
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