The Bell House - Hardcover

Hamilton, Ruth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750524693 ISBN 13: 9780750524698

Publisher: Magna Large Print Books, 2006

Synopsis

Madeleine Horrocks wanted nothing more than to be famous. Pretty and outspoken, she often alarmed her best friend Amy by expressing doubts - about parents, teachers and, most of all, religion, which according to their strict 1950s Catholic upbringing in Rivington Cross seemed certain, Amy thought, to send them both to Hell. What, after all, was wrong with being a Protestant, Madeleine would ask? Or a Jew? The good-looking boy they both noticed on their way to school was, it was rumoured, Jewish - his family having fled from Poland at the beginning of the war.

Father Sheahan, the whiskey-soaked priest from the local church, had discovered that his secret past was catching up with him, and went in fear of his life. Amy, too, had a secret - a secret which caused her to visit the Bell House, an ancient charnel house outside the village. As they grow up, this place of death becomes a meeting place for the friends, who have to learn that differences in religion can cause unexpected heartache.

About this title

Review

"'For those who like Catherine Cookson, try Ruth Hamilton'" (Daily Express)

"'Good reading'" (Nottingham Evening Post)

Book Description

Another sweeping novel of power and compassion from this exceptional writer.

Edition details

• Publisher: Magna Large Print Books
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750524693
• ISBN 13: 9780750524698
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 512