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This debut novel by a 62-year-old Welsh novelist tells a story of dark family secrets unraveled by the shrewd insight of 12-year-old Gwenni, a child with an irrepressible spirit living in a Welsh village that is reluctantly entering the modern age.
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"The Earth Hums in B Flat is a richly evocative, warm but unsentimental tale of a child detective struggling to piece together clues about the lives around her ... extremely compelling. I loved this novel." (Catherine O'Flynn, author of What Was Lost)
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"A fondness for unorthodoxy gives [Strachan's] girl-growing-up story its unique flavour . . . A warm and touching, but blessedly unsentimental, novel." (Kate Saunders The Times 2009-02-21)
"Strachan's prose is pitch perfect. A gorgeous debut." (Eithne Farry Marie Claire 2009-04-01)
"At a time when many panic-stricken publishers want their debut novelists to resemble junior celebs fresh out of stage school, Mari Strachan - and Canongate - are proving that the words still matter most. ... Strachan has a voice and a vision all her own." (Boyd Tonkin Independent 2009-03-06)
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I loved this debut, which manages to give a young girl's narrative an authentically quirky aspect, without ever resorting to cutesiness or cosiness . . . Strachan eschews whimsy for reality in a beautifully written story about growing
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"A fondness for unorthodoxy gives [Strachan's] girl-growing-up story its unique flavour . . . A warm and touching, but blessedly unsentimental, novel." (Kate Saunders The Times 2009-02-21)
"Strachan's prose is pitch perfect. A gorgeous debut." (Eithne Farry Marie Claire 2009-04-01)
"At a time when many panic-stricken publishers want their debut novelists to resemble junior celebs fresh out of stage school, Mari Strachan - and Canongate - are proving that the words still matter most. ... Strachan has a voice and a vision all her own." (Boyd Tonkin Independent 2009-03-06)
A compelling, brilliantly-received debut from a moving, nostalgic and truly authentic new voice
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- PublisherISIS Large Print Books
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 0753184907
- ISBN 13 9780753184905
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages400
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