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Sinful Folk
by
Ned Hayes (Goodreads Author),
Nikki McClure
The novel Sinful Folk is narrated by a desperate mother who carries a hidden secret and a terrible grief. In December of the year 1377, the village of Duns in northeast England suffered a great tragedy.
Sinful Folk is the story of a mid-winter journey through the eyes of Mear, a former nun who has lived for decades disguised as a mute man, raising her son in secret in an is...more
Sinful Folk is the story of a mid-winter journey through the eyes of Mear, a former nun who has lived for decades disguised as a mute man, raising her son in secret in an is...more
Hardcover, 310 pages
Published
2013
by Campanile Books
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Sinful Folk was a "2012 Amazon Breakthrough Novel" semi-finalist. The book is appearing from Campanile Press in 2013.
Sinful Folk is a book I've been writing -- and re-writing -- for the last 3 years. So yes, it's my own book.
Find out more at SinfulFolk.com, or by reading the first chapters, available for download here on Goodreads.com (PDF, Nook and Kindle files available)
Sinful Folk is a book I've been writing -- and re-writing -- for the last 3 years. So yes, it's my own book.
Find out more at SinfulFolk.com, or by reading the first chapters, available for download here on Goodreads.com (PDF, Nook and Kindle files available)
All it took for me to spark my interest, was the historical note in the beginning of the book. It was hard to put this book down; I wanted to uncover the mystery behind these boys dying in a fire and why this women is pretending to be a man, hiding her identity from everyone in this medieval village. The characters in the book set out on a journey to find the truth; the path they take reveals more of the mystery with every page you turn.
It is evident that the author has a tremendous interest an...more
It is evident that the author has a tremendous interest an...more
**Disclaimer: The author provided a free ARC of this book for review purposes.
While I expected “Sinful Folk” a story steeped in history and detailed description, to be a slow read, it sucked me in from the first page and held me until the very end. This story takes you way back to the middle ages, and the author shows enviable writing skill in keeping the pace fast-moving and engaging. The protagonist, Mear, is fascinating and Hayes skillfully plots a suspenseful and mesmerizing tale full of ric...more
While I expected “Sinful Folk” a story steeped in history and detailed description, to be a slow read, it sucked me in from the first page and held me until the very end. This story takes you way back to the middle ages, and the author shows enviable writing skill in keeping the pace fast-moving and engaging. The protagonist, Mear, is fascinating and Hayes skillfully plots a suspenseful and mesmerizing tale full of ric...more
Sinful Folk takes place in the fourteenth century. It is well researched and full of suspense.
Why were five boys coming together late at night and why were they trapped in a fiery tomb
and who trapped them? Their loved ones, including the intriquing character of Mear, a woman disquised as
a male, demand answers and justice. So they impart on a perilous winter journey to take the burned bodies
of the five boys to the king in London where truths will be revealed and justice served.
Ned Hayes is an...more
Why were five boys coming together late at night and why were they trapped in a fiery tomb
and who trapped them? Their loved ones, including the intriquing character of Mear, a woman disquised as
a male, demand answers and justice. So they impart on a perilous winter journey to take the burned bodies
of the five boys to the king in London where truths will be revealed and justice served.
Ned Hayes is an...more
Sinful Folk was a "2012 Amazon Breakthrough Novel" semi-finalist. The book is appearing from Campanile Press in 2013.
Sinful Folk is a book I've been writing -- and re-writing -- for the last 3 years. So yes, it's my own book.
Find out more at SinfulFolk.com, or by reading the first chapters, available for download here on Goodreads.
Sinful Folk is a book I've been writing -- and re-writing -- for the last 3 years. So yes, it's my own book.
Find out more at SinfulFolk.com, or by reading the first chapters, available for download here on Goodreads.
Ned Hayes's Sinful Folk is a captivating book, rooted in history yet palpably alive with the deepest human emotions, convictions, and desires. The reader is swept away from the beginning by the mystery of an unsolved crime, a mob of people seeking resolution (in the form of vengeance if not justice), and the narrator's secret. The parallel of a mystery sought from within a place of secrecy sets up a lovely tension that drives the story forward and pulls the reader along. What is more, the langua...more
Really enjoying this book -- I thought it would be slow, moving back into the middle ages, but instead this is really fast moving, exciting and interesting. I keep wondering how this woman kept herself hidden for all these years, and how in the world she managed to keep herself alive. Every other chapter, I'm wondering how she isn't dead yet. But she's smart, inventive, misses nothing -- and she's close-mouthed and shy. (A lot like me!)
Great writing, interesting medieval perspective. I just hop...more
Great writing, interesting medieval perspective. I just hop...more
Well-paced historical mystery that kept me turning pages way past my bedtime.
I love the way Ned Hayes writes, so descriptive. I loved feeling like I was on this mission as well, there when all the fights break out and the truth is spoken. You feel all the horror the characters feel, you feel helpless and sorry for them and hate for who truly deserves it. He has an amazing say of just ducking you in. I love this book and will definitely be reading it again.
May 07, 2013
Ed Wheeler
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5 of 5 stars
Recommended to Ed by:
Anne Stanford
Shelves:
medieval,
great-reads
Reading this book prior to release.... great read! Interesting story, fascinating medieval landscape, and amazing characters.
If you liked Pillars of the Earth or Year of Wonders, you'll like this book. Also, seems a lot like The Red Tent, for people who loved that interwearving of history and ideas and women's stories.
If you liked Pillars of the Earth or Year of Wonders, you'll like this book. Also, seems a lot like The Red Tent, for people who loved that interwearving of history and ideas and women's stories.
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Ned Hayes is a voracious reader (and writer) from Olympia Washington, currently living in Cordoba, Argentina.
I especially enjoy historical fiction like Philippa Gregory, Anita Diamant and Hilary Mantel, as well as supernatural historical fiction from Susanne Clarke and Tim Powers, along with the world-bending works of Nicholas Hallum and Danny Marks. But I've also been known to read -- and teach...more
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I especially enjoy historical fiction like Philippa Gregory, Anita Diamant and Hilary Mantel, as well as supernatural historical fiction from Susanne Clarke and Tim Powers, along with the world-bending works of Nicholas Hallum and Danny Marks. But I've also been known to read -- and teach...more
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“I remember the fire, it burns bright, always around me. I close my eyes, and tears stream out. The tides of the past seize me, bear me out to sea.”
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“April comes to us, with her showers sweet. I wake to the cries of little birds before the light comes across the heath. They wait all night with open eyes. Now, with the rain at dawn, their voices make melody.
I turn back the reveled cloth of gold on my bed and walk to gaze beyond my glazed casement window. In the plaintive voices of the wood fowl, I imagine my mother calling to me, her words echoing across the years.”
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I turn back the reveled cloth of gold on my bed and walk to gaze beyond my glazed casement window. In the plaintive voices of the wood fowl, I imagine my mother calling to me, her words echoing across the years.”
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