'Exquisite… it's taken root in my heart' – Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies
'A glorious love story' – Sarah Winman, author of Still Life
1836, Prussia. Hanne is nearly fifteen and the domestic world of womanhood is quickly closing in on her. A child of nature, she yearns instead for the rush of the river, the wind dancing around her. Hanne finds little comfort in the local girls and friendship doesn't come easily, until she meets Thea and she finds in her a kindred spirit and finally, acceptance.
Hanne's family are Old Lutherans, and in her small village hushed worship is done secretly - this is a community under threat. But when they are granted safe passage to Australia, the community rejoices: at last a place they can pray without fear, a permanent home. Freedom.
It's a promise of freedom that will have devastating consequences for Hanne and Thea, but, on that long and brutal journey, their bond proves too strong for even nature to break…
From the bestselling author of Burial Rites and The Good People, Devotion is a stunning story of girlhood and friendship, faith and suspicion, and the impossible lengths we go to for the ones we love.
'So beautiful and so raw… Impossibly good' – Evie Wyld, author of The Bass Rock
© 2022 Picador (Äänikirja): 9781509863921
Julkaisupäivä
Äänikirja: 3. helmikuuta 2022
'Exquisite… it's taken root in my heart' – Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies
'A glorious love story' – Sarah Winman, author of Still Life
1836, Prussia. Hanne is nearly fifteen and the domestic world of womanhood is quickly closing in on her. A child of nature, she yearns instead for the rush of the river, the wind dancing around her. Hanne finds little comfort in the local girls and friendship doesn't come easily, until she meets Thea and she finds in her a kindred spirit and finally, acceptance.
Hanne's family are Old Lutherans, and in her small village hushed worship is done secretly - this is a community under threat. But when they are granted safe passage to Australia, the community rejoices: at last a place they can pray without fear, a permanent home. Freedom.
It's a promise of freedom that will have devastating consequences for Hanne and Thea, but, on that long and brutal journey, their bond proves too strong for even nature to break…
From the bestselling author of Burial Rites and The Good People, Devotion is a stunning story of girlhood and friendship, faith and suspicion, and the impossible lengths we go to for the ones we love.
'So beautiful and so raw… Impossibly good' – Evie Wyld, author of The Bass Rock
© 2022 Picador (Äänikirja): 9781509863921
Julkaisupäivä
Äänikirja: 3. helmikuuta 2022
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Arviot perustuu 13 arvioon
Surullinen
Koukuttava
Romanttinen
Lataa sovellus niin voit osallistua keskusteluun ja kirjoittaa oman arviosi.
Arviot 1/13
Lucy
7. helmik. 2022
She writes very beautifully, but I may have gotten a slight overdose of 'keening, aching and longing'. For the fans of Sarah Perry, Sarah Moss, Emma Donoghue.
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