Lyrebird Hill
by Anna Romer
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Pub Date Sep 01 2014 | Archive Date Aug 31 2014
Simon & Schuster (Australia) | Simon & Schuster Australia
Description
From the bestselling author of Thornwood House
When all that you know comes crashing down, do you run? Or face the truth?
Ruby Cardel has the semblance of a normal life – a loving boyfriend, a fulfilling career – but in one terrible moment, her life unravels. The discovery that the death of her sister, Jamie, was not an accident makes her question all she’s known about herself and her past.
Travelling back home to Lyrebird Hill, Ruby begins to remember the year that has been forever blocked in her memory . . . Snatches of her childhood with beautiful Jamie, and Ruby’s only friendship with the boy from the next property, a troubled foster kid.
Then Ruby uncovers a cache of ancient letters from a long-lost relative, Brenna Magavin, written from her cell in a Tasmanian gaol where she is imprisoned for murder. As she reads, Ruby discovers that her family line is littered with tragedy and violence.
Slowly, the gaps in Ruby’s memory come to her. And as she pieces together the shards of truth, what she finally discovers will shock her to the core – about what happened to Jamie that fateful day, and how she died.
A thrilling tale about family secrets and trusting yourself
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781922052421 |
| PRICE | A$29.99 (AUD) |
Featured Reviews
Julie M, Reviewer
Lyrebird Hill by Anna Romer
In a nutshell...Brilliant!
What a great read this was! I was held captivated from the first page to the last and wanted to savour each as the story unfolded with such gradual, yet compelling ease...this book has it all. Anna Romer has worked magic with her brilliant way of putting together a very complex story in a smooth flowing and uncomplicated manner.
The story of a modern day family struggling to come to terms with the tragic events of its own traumatic past and how their story crosses the borders of time to show historical parallels of those events in both dimensions of time and place. Do we carry certain traits of previous generations across time?
It is told from two different time frames...historical 1890's and modern 2013...each relevant to the other, and is imbued with loads of intrigue and mystery, romance, family history, deception and lies.
The settings are the beautifully portrayed landscapes of Sawtell on the coast of Northern New South Wales, Australia and the cold but stunning countryside of Tasmania, Australia.
Sometimes where different time frames are involved in a story it can cause an [often] irritating disruption to the flow as it jumps between era's or zones...Not so with this story, the two time frames worked together in perfect unison and never once felt distracting or like an interruption. In fact I came to look forward to each new shift as, each time the story made the "subtle shift" to the other time zone, it injected another crucial piece of a puzzle so seamlessly, as if slowly peeling back the layers and gradually exposing the bigger story...towards the ultimate complete picture.
So you keep getting those "aha" or "oh dear" moments that keep you wanting more.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this engrossing book and I look forward to recommending it to friends and fellow book lovers. It is a worthy addition to any bookshelf.
Anna Romer is an author I will definitely keep my eye on. 5★s
Many thanks to NetGalley and Simon and Schuster Australia for my copy to read and review.
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