- Title:
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Black Sheep
- Written by:
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Susan Hill
- Read by:
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Cameron Stewart
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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3
- Duration:
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2 hours 44 minutes
- Published:
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April 28 2017
- Available Date:
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April 28 2017
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781489389695
- Genres:
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Fiction; Contemporary Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Audible audio
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Price
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'Powerful … Poignant, bleak and haunting, this is a small masterpiece.'
The Sunday Mirror
A profoundly moving and searing family story from one of our most beloved writers.
The village is called Mount of Zeal. It’s built in a bowl like an amphitheatre, with the winding gear where the stage would be. The pit lies below ...
Brother and sister, Ted and Rose Howker, grew up in Mount of Zeal, a mining village blackened by coal. They know nothing of the outside world, though both of them yearn for escape. For Rose this comes in the form of love, while Ted seizes the chance of a job away from the pit. But neither can truly break free and their decisions bring with them brutal consequences …
Susan Hill is an exceptional writer at the height of her powers. Every word is precisely right: the descriptions of the village and the pit, the people and the farm are exact and true; the heartbreak is inevitable yet new; and the imagery and imagination take your breath away.
'There is something Hardyesque in the tragic momentum of this story.'
The Guardian
'Hill deploys her not inconsiderable power to weave a haunting story.'
The Daily Mail