Ghost Wall

by Sarah Moss

Rating: 5 (4 votes)

Tags: Set in United Kingdom Female author

Ghost Wall

Description:
Shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize Seventeen-year-old Silvie is camping in rural Northumberland with her father and a group of archaeologists, who hope to uncover evidence of human sacrifice. As Silvie glimpses new freedoms with the students, her relationship with her overbearing father deteriorates, until the haunting rites of the past begin to bleed into the present.

Reviews:

Read Around The World Challenge user profile avatar for Carla
(9 months ago)
09 Jan, 2025
This exploration of family dynamics and domestic violence is unnerving, to see people not reacting to one man’s control of his family, and then comes the ending where some of them join in, thank goodness for Molly.
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(3 years ago)
11 Sep, 2022
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(1 year ago)
27 Dec, 2023
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(1 year ago)
23 Jul, 2024

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