The Doll Funeral [Kate Hamer] on www.doorway.ru *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Doll Funeral. · The Doll Funeral is an exquisitely crafted novel, full of emotion and heartache. It explores family connections, and the spiritual nature of relationships. One thought on “ Book Review: The Doll Funeral by Kate Hamer ” Pingback: An Interview with Kate Hamer (author of The Girl in the Red Coat) Leave a Reply Cancel reply. · The Doll Funeral. by Kate Hamer. On the morning of her 13th birthday, Ruby learns that the people who she thought were her parents aren’t her parents at all. She couldn’t be more relieved. The revelation that Mick (whose beatings are so vicious she fears he’ll kill her) and Barbara (who’s impotent against Mick’s fury) aren’t her.
Told from shifting timelines, and the alternating perspectives of Ruby; her mother, Anna; and even the Shadow Boy, The Doll Funeral is a dazzling follow-up to Kate Hamer's breakout debut, The Girl in the Red Coat, and a gripping, exquisitely mysterious novel about the connections that remain after a family has been broken apart. Told from shifting timelines, and the alternating perspectives of teenage Ruby; her mother, Anna; and even the Shadow Boy, The Doll Funeral is a dazzling follow-up to Kate Hamer's breakout debut, The Girl in the Red Coat, and a gripping, exquisitely mysterious novel about the connections that remain after a family has been broken apart. The Doll Funeral. The dark and glittering new novel from The Sunday Times Bestselling author Kate Hamer is the perfect second book from the author of The Girl in the Red Coat. We are temporarily only able to ship Faber Shop orders to addresses in the UK. My name is Ruby.
A doll figures in the narrative, but the doll funeral of the title is metaphorical, a stand-in both for the end of childhood and for the limitations of second-wave feminism, themes explored. The Doll Funeral is a dazzling follow-up to Kate Hamer’s breakout debut, The Girl in the Red Coat, and a gripping, exquisitely mysterious novel about the connections that remain after a family has been broken apart. Home Excerpt Order Misc Author. author of the bestsellerTHE GIRL IN THE RED COAT. The Doll Funeral is the second book written by Kate Hamer. Her first, The Girl in the Red Coat, was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Prize in I had the pleasure of meeting Kate Hamer at the Wantage (Not Just!) Betjemen Literary Festival in October.
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