Black Sheep

Susan Hill

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English

Arrow
03 November 2014

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

A searing family story from one of our most beloved writers

'Powerful. Poignant, bleak and haunting, this is a small masterpiece' Sunday Mirror

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.

'Gripping all the way to its unexpected end' Spectator

By: Susan Hill
Imprint: Arrow
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 194mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 100g
ISBN: 9780099539568
ISBN 10: 009953956X
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 03 November 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Susan Hill has been a professional writer for over fifty years. Her books have won awards and prizes including the Whitbread, the John Llewellyn Rhys and the Somerset Maugham; and have been shortlisted for the Booker. She was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Honours. Her novels include Strange Meeting, I'm the King of the Castle and ghost story The Woman in Black, the stage play of which has been running in London's West End since 1988. Her previous novellas include The Beacon and A Kind Man. She is married with two adult daughters and lives in North Norfolk.

Reviews for Black Sheep

Powerful... Poignant, bleak and haunting, this is a small masterpiece * Sunday Mirror * Compulsively readable * Irish Examiner * Hill deploys her not inconsiderable power to weave a haunting story * Daily Mail * Beautifully, even lovingly, told * Scotsman * There is something Hardyesque in the tragic momentum of this story * Guardian *