silver & salt

With the tension of a Nicci French thriller, the intellectual fizz of Donna Tartts The Secret History and the very best of Maggie OFarrells unnerving readability, Dymott is a classy storyteller ElleFrom the author of Every Contact Leaves a Trace comes a story of family and the lies we tell in order to surviveFollowing the death of her famous father, Ruthie returns to the family villa in remote, wild Greece. After fifteen years in exile she is welcomed by her older sister, Vinny. They build a fragile happiness in their haven above the sea, protecting one another from the dark secrets of their childhood. But the arrival of an English family at a neighbouring cottage, and one young girl in particular, triggers a chain of events that will plunge both women back into the past, with shocking and fatal consequences.—-I read Silver and Salt as if in a trance. Elanor Dymott is a master of delicate psychological suspense Elena Lappin, author of What Language Do I Dream in?Beautifully detailed with a profound sense of place and the intricate clues woven through the fabric of the novel build up to a tragic finale Daily ExpressA beautifully observed and shattering exploration of grief as their familys tragic past is revealed Woman & Home

‘There was a child in our courtyard. I saw a child there, standing by the fountain. She was there, then she was gone.’ On the death of her father, celebrated photographer Max Hollingbourne, Ruthie returns to his villa in remote, wild Greece. After fifteen years in exile she is welcomed by her older sister, Vinny. They build a fragile happiness in their haven above the sea, protecting one another from the dark secrets of their childhood. But the arrival of an English family at a neighbouring cottage, and one young girl in particular, triggers a chain of events that will plunge both women back into the past, with shocking and fatal consequences. Devastating in its razor-sharp exploration of a tragic family legacy, Silver & Salt is the story of two sisters, bound by their history and driven to repeat it.

• Fecha de lanzamiento: 06/04/2017
• ISBN: 9780224094054
• Encuadernación: Tapa dura
• Idioma: INGLÉS
• Editorial: JONATHAN CAPE

“There was a child in our courtyard. I saw a child there, standing by the fountain. She was there, then she was gone.”On the death of her father, the celebrated photographer Max Hollingbourne, Ruthie returns to his villa in Greece after fifteen years in exile. Tortured by a dark secret from her childhood and by memories of her mother, whose despair had turned to madness, Ruthie is nevertheless able to build a fragile happiness at the villa with her older sister, Vinny. But the arrival of an English family at a neighboring cottage, and of one young girl in particular, triggers a chain of events that will plunge both women back into their harrowing pasts. Haunting, lyrical, and shocking in its graphic re-creation of the traumas that shape two families, Silver and Salt is a brilliantly incisive novel about the destructive consequences of love and betrayal.