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Strange Heart Beating
Strange Heart Beating | Eli Goldstone
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Seb's beautiful, beloved wife Leda has been killed by a swan. Sorting through her belongings after her death, he comes across a packet of unopened letters from Olaf, a man whom Leda had never mentioned. Floundering professionally and sunk by grief, he decides to travel to Leda's home village in Latvia to patch her story together. But with each new person that he turns to for answers, Seb is met instead by more questions about Leda, her past and their life together. A darkly funny, seductive novel that confronts the black undercurrent of possession inherent in love, Strange Heart Beating is a breathtaking debut from an author whose vision is both acerbic and tender.
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andrew61
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#booked2020 @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage
My millennial author eli goldstone draws on the Leda and the swan myth to tell a story of loss and grief in a playful yet intense manner. Leda, is killed by a swan,her husband discovers letters from a Latvian man (leda's Latvian history is unknown to him) he travels to a strange country to discover her + confront his sadness. I could have easily used this for cover love. Loved this.

Cinfhen Oh wow!! You‘re off to a great start 5y
Cathythoughts Great review... I love the cover too ! 5y
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youneverarrived Sounds intriguing! 5y
andrew61 @youneverarrived yes i didn't know anything about it until i searched the betty trask award for millennial authors and enjoyed something different. 5y
andrew61 @Cathythoughts yes i was tempted to use it for cover crush. 5y
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Amam
Strange Heart Beating | Eli Goldstone
Mehso-so

Found it hard to get in to

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Redwritinghood
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#bookmail from Book Depository today. Great way to close out the week! Yes, this is my third bookmail this week. Please don't judge.

mjdowens Absolutely no judgement from this book whore😂😂 7y
Redwritinghood @mjdowens 👍🏻👍🏻 7y
shawnmooney I want both of those! Especially love the cover of Stranger Heart Beating! 7y
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Redwritinghood @shawnmooney Well, Book Depository does have free shipping worldwide. 😉Also, agree on that cover and it seems to fit the story nicely. 7y
DivineDiana No judgement. Only applause! 👏🏻📚👏🏻 7y
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SavidgeReads
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After his wife Leda is killed by a swan, Seb heads to Latvia to find out about his wife's past before her knew her after discovering a bundle of letters. With a slight take on the myth of Leda and the Swan, Goldstone creates a haunting tale of grief with tiny sprinklings of myths and folklore. I loved it.

Pixelsmummy ❤️You can't beat a cuppa, a hot cross bun and a book. 8y
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