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Secret Language of Crows
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Thea Atkinson (Goodreads Author)
Olivia needs to escape the abusive same-sex relationship she finds herself in. When her father suffers a stroke and requires 24-hour care, she recognizes an opportunity to start fresh.
The problem is that she must return to a childhood home full of memories that drove her away in the first place, and that sent her brother spiraling into addiction.
What secrets lie at the fam...more
The problem is that she must return to a childhood home full of memories that drove her away in the first place, and that sent her brother spiraling into addiction.
What secrets lie at the fam...more
Published
September 28th 2010
by Smashwords
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I knew there had to be good, independently published, literary fiction somewhere out there in cyberspace. I found it in Thea Atkinson!
The novel opens in Faulknerian style with a dying father, murder of crows, the taking of a sadistic lover, the main character’s return home, and the lover then lying dead on the compost heap – all eerie foreshadowing of the changes facing Olivia Cunningham.
Olivia has grown up in an abusive family. After leaving home it is natural that she finds “the one lesbian in...more
The novel opens in Faulknerian style with a dying father, murder of crows, the taking of a sadistic lover, the main character’s return home, and the lover then lying dead on the compost heap – all eerie foreshadowing of the changes facing Olivia Cunningham.
Olivia has grown up in an abusive family. After leaving home it is natural that she finds “the one lesbian in...more
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I came across Thea on Twitter and was immediately intrigued by the title of her book, which prompted me to download the sample. Her lucid, atmospheric prose hooked me straight away, and her characterisation is very good: strong, vivid, memorable.
Pacing was good, it trips along and never wallows, though I did find the story lingered a lot on Liv's time in hospital, when I was expecting more focus on her return to the familial home and confronting the secrets in her past, but I forgave a little se...more
Pacing was good, it trips along and never wallows, though I did find the story lingered a lot on Liv's time in hospital, when I was expecting more focus on her return to the familial home and confronting the secrets in her past, but I forgave a little se...more
When you wake up thinking about the characters of a book you are reading, you know the author has done her job by invading your mind with her work. The main character Olivia is dealing with unresolved issues that started in her childhood and is hindering the way she copes in life. As a matter of fact, all the characters in this book are dealing with unresolved issues and some form of abuse. The author takes you back to the characters' childhood, where you get an understanding of where and why th...more
Another great read!
I invite you to my blog to check out a post I wrote about the inspiration behind this novel
http://theaatkinson.wordpress.com/201...
http://theaatkinson.wordpress.com/201...
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Thea Atkinson is a writer of character driven fiction; call it what you will: she prefers to describe her work as psychological thrillers with a distinct literary flavour. As in her bestselling novel, Anomaly, her characters often find themselves in the darker edges of their own spirits but manage to find the light they seek.
She has been an editor, a freelancer, and a teacher, but fiction is her...more
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