Magpie Hall

Magpie Hall

by Rachael King
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 01/05/2010

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A gripping and powerful novel from the author of best-selling The Sound of Butterflies."There were two rumours surrounding my great-great-grandfather Henry Summers: one, that his cabinet of curiosities drove him mad; and, two, that he murdered his first wife." Rosemary Summers is an amateur taxidermist and a passionate collector of tattoos. To her, both activities honour the deceased and keep their memory alive. After the death of her beloved grandfather, and while struggling to finish her thesis on gothic Victorian novels, she returns alone to Magpie Hall to claim her inheritance: Grandpa's own taxidermy collection, started more than 100 years ago by their ancestor Henry Summers. As Rosemary sorts through Henry's legacy, the ghosts of her family's past begin to make their presence known.

ISBN:
9781869792909
9781869792909
Category:
Fiction
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
01-05-2010
Language:
English
Publisher:
Random House New Zealand
Rachael King

Rachael King is a writer, reviewer, former literary festival director and ex-bass player living in Ã…ÂŒtautahi Christchurch.

She's the author of two novels for children: Red Rocks, which won the Esther Glen Medal, and The Grimmelings, due for publication in 2024. Her adult novels, The Sound of Butterflies and Magpie Hall, were published in nine languages altogether. Red Rocks is currently in development for Sky TV by Libertine Pictures.

Rachael received a Waitangi Day Honour Award in 2020 from the New Zealand Society of Authors for her work at WORD Christchurch bringing Behrouz Boochani to New Zealand. In 2023 she was named Best Reviewer at the Voyager New Zealand Media Awards.

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