The Gifts

The incredible debut adult novel from Liz Hyder, the multi-award-winning author of BEARMOUTH

1840. A woman staggers through a forest as a huge pair of wings rip themselves from her shoulders. Meanwhile, when rumours of a 'fallen angel' cause a frenzy across London, a surgeon desperate for fame develops a dangerous obsession, which places these women in peril. THE GIFTS is told through five different perspectives, exploring science, religion, the roles of women and the danger of ambition.

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Liz Hyder has been making up stories for
as long she can remember. She has a BA
in drama from the University of Bristol
and, in early 2018, won the Bridge Award/
Moniack Mhor Emerging Writer Award.
Bearmouth, her debut young adult novel,
won a Waterstones Children's Book Prize,
the Branford Boase Award and was chosen
as the Children's Book of the Year by The
Times. Originally from London, she now
lives in South Shropshire. The Gifts is her
debut adult novel.

Klappentext

It can take something extraordinary to show us who we truly are . . .

October 1840. A young woman staggers alone through a forest in Shropshire as a huge pair of impossible wings rip themselves from her shoulders.

Meanwhile, when rumours of a 'fallen angel' cause a frenzy across London, a surgeon desperate for fame and fortune finds himself in the grips of a dangerous obsession, one that will place the women he seeks in the most terrible danger . . .

THE GIFTS is the astonishing debut adult novel from the lauded author of BEARMOUTH. A gripping and ambitious book told through five different perspectives and set against the luminous backdrop of nineteenth century London, it explores science, nature and religion, enlightenment, the role of women in society and the dark danger of ambition.

'Haunting, thrilling, wonderful. I loved it' Stacey Halls

Zusammenfassung
October 1840. A young woman staggers alone through a forest in Shropshire as a huge pair of impossible wings rip themselves from her shoulders. Meanwhile, when rumours of a 'fallen angel' cause a frenzy across London, a surgeon desperate for fame and fortune finds himself in the grips of a dangerous obsession, one that will place the women he seeks in the most terrible danger.