Silent as the Snow
by Emily Pattullo
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Pub Date Dec 21 2023 | Archive Date May 10 2024
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Description
Four friends.
One tragic death.
20 years of secrets and lies.
One wintery night, when they are young, Anna and her three friends Rudy, Seth, and Dougal are involved in an accident in which a stranger is killed - that night it snows heavily, covering everything up. They agree to keep it a secret, but then one of them is accused of murder and sent to prison.
Twenty years later, Anna and her friends are thrown together again following a funeral, and this time Anna is forced to finally look at what actually happened all those years ago. Anna's recollection, however, is not what her friends remember.
Could she really have been mistaken about what happened?
Will digging up the past reveal a truth she would rather not know?
And what will it mean to her carefully constructed life if the last 20 years has been nothing more than a lie?
Advance Praise
"I cannot recommend this book enough, you won't be able to put it down.
Truth right at the front is always a captivating vehicle to grab attention but how does a writer sustain our interest when what “they did” is positioned with no wriggle room.
Emily Pattullo has accomplished a marvellous artistic feat in capturing her reader to the end with so much skill and the insight of a creator who really knows her subject and players.
Her characters are particularly drawn and the deep miasma of lies and deceptions that surround the incident are woven like gossamer threads that catch everyone where they are in their own webs.
As the snow melts and sound returns so does the bigger truth.
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9781738464005 |
| PRICE | $7.50 (USD) |
| PAGES | 300 |
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Featured Reviews
Hannelore C, Reviewer
Thank you NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for the eARC.
20 Years ago Anna and her three male friends were a closely-knit unit, until one horrible night everything went wrong. One of them was jailed, one left the country and Anna and the other boy don't have contact until 20 years later.
Anna ends up emotionally and physically ill , as well as ending up in hospital. Her parents (horrible people) have totally taken over her life and she did bug me at times for being so meekly trying to please them. Yet I felt sorry for her too.
The ending tells us what and why everything went so wrong. It's a pretty good book, I had a hard time putting it down because I was dying to find about all the secrets and lies.
Recommended!
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