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The Bass Rock

Wyld, Evie (2020) The Bass Rock. Jonathan Cape, 368 pp. ISBN 978-1-911214-39-7. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:86840)

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Abstract

Surging out of the sea, the Bass Rock has for centuries watched over the lives that pass under its shadow on the Scottish mainland. And across the centuries the fates of three women are linked: to this place, to each other.In the early 1700s, Sarah, accused of being a witch, flees for her life.In the aftermath of the Second World War, Ruth navigates a new house, a new husband and the strange waters of the local community.Six decades later, the house stands empty. Viv, mourning the death of her father, catalogues Ruth’s belongings and discovers her place in the past – and perhaps a way forward.Each woman’s choices are circumscribed, in ways big and small, by the men in their lives. But in sisterhood there is the hope of survival and new life. Intricately crafted and compulsively readable, The Bass Rock burns bright with anger and love.

Item Type: Book
Subjects: P Language and Literature
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of English
Depositing User: Deborah Molloy
Date Deposited: 01 Mar 2021 17:56 UTC
Last Modified: 28 Sep 2021 15:37 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/86840 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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