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A True Account of the Curious Mystery of Miss Lydia Larkin and the Widow Marvell
by
Joolz Denby (Goodreads Author)
Croyd Terrace is an entirely unremarkable street in a northern
provincial town. Or is it? Behind the veneer of ordinariness,
the banality of humdrum routine, are there other forces at work?
And if so, what can Miss Larkin and the Widow Marvell do about it?
Joolz Denby has taken Magic Realism and moved it North. Put it in an urban home, and sprinkled it lightly with essence...more
provincial town. Or is it? Behind the veneer of ordinariness,
the banality of humdrum routine, are there other forces at work?
And if so, what can Miss Larkin and the Widow Marvell do about it?
Joolz Denby has taken Magic Realism and moved it North. Put it in an urban home, and sprinkled it lightly with essence...more
ebook, 128 pages
Published
January 31st 2011
by Ignite Books
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A True Account of the Curious Mystery of Miss Lydia Larkin and the Widow Marvell is a delightful tale of magic lingering in the modern world. Elderly Miss Larkin is thrilled to finally buy an ordinary house in London's suburbs despite the neighbours fairy lights and dubious reputation of the area. She settles in nicely along with her oversized black cat quickly befriending the Widow Marvell. Yet Miss Larkin hides a secret that she is careful to protect until Joey, one of the children who roams t...more
'We were so chuffed with how much you enjoyed it that we created a digital version for the technophiles amongst you
who prefer to do their reading on a Kindle.
'And then, while we were on a roll, we also created a digital version of Joolz’ novel Billie Morgan which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize in 2005.
And we made it cheap as literary chips.
And put a lovely new cover on it.'
http://stevepottinger.co.uk/ignite-bo...
That is cute as a button, seriously. LITERARY CHIPS.
who prefer to do their reading on a Kindle.
'And then, while we were on a roll, we also created a digital version of Joolz’ novel Billie Morgan which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize in 2005.
And we made it cheap as literary chips.
And put a lovely new cover on it.'
http://stevepottinger.co.uk/ignite-bo...
That is cute as a button, seriously. LITERARY CHIPS.
A True Account of the Curious Mystery of Miss Lydia Larkin and the Widow Marvell is beautiful from start to finish. Joolz has a wonderfully winding way with words. Magical, quite literally, is what this book is. Magical from start to finish. Trust me, you'll be under the spell of this book within the first 2 pages!
Joolz is as much a magician with her words as Miss Larkin is with her garden in this novel. I particularly enjoyed Joolz's descriptions of the houses and places in this novel,which I recognise as places in Bradford. It's a soft, delicate novel,I read it very quickly (and I am a slow reader!).
A lovely book. Denby's previous works have always put her for me in the 'powerful, and usually harrowing' category, but in this one, she does charming.
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After the wonderful Wild Thing never found a publisher, Joolz, in true punk rock form, set up her own publishing company and published this little gem herself. And it's beautiful. Read it :)
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Joolz Denby has been a professional writer of poetry and fiction, spoken-word artist, illustrative artist and photographer for over thirty years.
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