![]() After catching a glimpse of one of her father’s private letters, she understands that he, Reverend Erasmus Sunderly, a renowned naturalist, has been accused of faking his most famous fossil discovery.įaith meets this news with incredulity: “His bleak and terrible honesty were the plague and pride of the family.” She bears a fierce love for her stern and distant father, which is underpinned by an unrequited yearning for his affection and approval. It isn’t long before she learns that their exodus from Kent has less to do with an ongoing excavation on Vale than it does with escaping scandal. As 14-year-old Faith Sunderly and her family arrive at their new home, many questions swirl in the girl’s head. ![]() ![]() Is it wicked? Perhaps, but it is quickly evident in Hardinge’s newest tale-following her acclaimed Cuckoo Song(2015)-that things are not what they seem, and the answers to such questions are rarely black and white. ![]() On the small island of Vale, something unnatural this way comes. ![]()
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