Our Endless Numbered Days
A Mystery, Fiction, Contemporary book. My father was fond of saying 'If you own too many possessions sooner or later they start...
1976: Peggy Hillcoat is eight. She spends her summer camping with her father, playing her beloved record of The Railway Children and listening to her mother's grand piano, but her pretty life is about to change.Her survivalist father, who has been stockpiling provisions for the end which is surely coming soon, takes her from London to a cabin in a...
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- Pages: 293 pages
- ISBN: 9780241003930 / 241003938
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It's the worst kind of person who goes back on a promise, even one they made to themselves. Claire Fuller, Our Endless Numbered Days // My father was fond of saying 'If you own too many possessions sooner or later they start owning you. Claire Fuller, Our Endless Numbered Days // In the middle, the river was a deep green, scattered with rocks poking their noses up for a breath. The water charged around them, creating eddies and whirlpools. Closer to the bank, the current dragged lengths of weed along with it so it seemed that long-haired women swam just under the surface, never coming up for air. Claire Fuller, Our Endless Numbered Days //
I saw the blurb for this one and read a couple of reviews so I went ahead and put my request in on NetGalley. Thank you to the publisher and author for my copy.The description of the book does actually give us the story outline. We have Peggy, an 8 year old girl living in London with her German mother and English father, James. One... "On the far side of the forest, toward the gill, I built a secret place. I bent thin saplings into an arch, weaving and tying them together. I interlaced these with reeds and sticks, and laid fresh ferns over the top so that my father could walk past and not noticed my green bower. Inside it, curved over the top of my head when I sat... Update: After a few days of pouting, I decided to give back the star I took off for a single detail. After all, if it was 99% a 4-star book, I should rate it as such. Still disappointed, but not so petulant about it. :-)I was excited when I received this book from my Powell's Indiespensible subscription. I'm ALWAYS excited when I get...
