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Thursbitch
Thursbitch | Alan Garner
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Here John Turner was cast away in a heavy snow storm in the night in or about the year 1755. The print of a woman's shoe was found by his side in the snow where he lay dead. This enigmatic memorial stone, high on the bank of a prehistoric Pennine track in Cheshire, is a mystery that lives on in the hill farms today. John Turner was a packman. With his train of horses he carried salt and silk, travelling distances incomprehensible to his ancient community. In this visionary tale, John brings ideas as well as gifts, which have come, from market town to market town, from places as distant as the campfires of the Silk Road. John Turner's death in the eighteenth century leaves an emotional charge which, in the twenty-first century, Ian and Sal find affects their relationship, challenging the perceptions they have of themselves and of each other. Thursbitch is rooted in a verifiable place. It is an evocation of the lives and the language of all people who are called to the valley of Thursbitch.
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AshleyHoss820
Thursbitch | Alan Garner
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Two storylines, separated by centuries, that may or may not intertwine. I‘m not 100% sure what I read but I enjoyed every second of it! 170/1,001 #1001Books

BarbaraBB Great review! 4y
AshleyHoss820 @BarbaraBB Thank you! It‘s always hard, with books like this, to give a proper synopsis. I think this book put me under a spell and I‘m not mad about it. 😊 4y
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AmyG
Thursbitch | Alan Garner
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1. Reading outside on the balcony in my lounge chair.
2. Nothing particular. Just trying to reduce the TBR pile.
3. Diet peach snapple ice tea and watermelon
4. No clue. But 90 degrees is super hot for Vail.
5. I tag anyone who wants to play!

@laurenslibrary #ThursdaySurvey

blank My swing on my porch is my fave reading place! Thanks for playing 🧡💛 5y
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AmyG
Thursbitch | Alan Garner
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Thanks for the tag @sudi

1. I‘m reading alot (all my guests have left)
2. Moving to a house 🤞🏻
3. “Everything‘s fine” is always my mantra (when I freak out about moving across country)

#hellothursday @wanderinglynn
4. I love you ALL 😘

wanderinglynn Thanks for playing! 💜 5y
AmyG @wanderinglynn Thank YOU 😘 5y
Suet624 💕💕💕 5y
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MidnightBookGirl
Thursbitch | Alan Garner
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#TrivialThursday hosted by @GarthRanzz

1. Goodreads (despite being run by the evil empire), Google spreadsheet and a book journal.
2. I appreciate a strong 1st person, but 3rd person gives me more usually.
3. I'm off work next week bc my mom is coming home from rehab, so I'll be busy w/ that (or watching Parks and Rec- I'm currently on a Netflix binge)
4.Too many favs but @Eggbeater and @petersonks15 are 2 of my favorite humans on the planet.

Pamwurtzler Love the title on the tagged book! 6y
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ReadingRover
Thursbitch | Alan Garner
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1. Agatha Christie / Laini Taylor 2. Either one works for me. But more nights in than out. I can‘t hang like I used to. 3. Current times or the future 4. @MiyakoBunny @Mommamanzi #triviathursday @GarthRanzz

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Moray_Reads
Thursbitch | Alan Garner
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I haven't been able to stop thinking about this short but incredible novel. It tells the parallel stories of John Turner in the 17th century and Sal Malley in the 20th. Any detail would ruin the brilliance of the wonderfully tangled narrative. The eerie sense of both place and displacement is remarkable, particularly since the story is dominated by dialogue spoken by charters whom we can only slowly piece together from their own speech 👇

Moray_Reads There are complex themes of life, death, faith, the earth and how humans strive to connect with and through all of them. The language of John Turner's world could be challenging (thankfully Cheshire is far enough North that it's dialect is familiar enough to one born and bred in Yorkshire!) but it's worth grappling with and wonderfully evocative of people, place and time. I don't think I've ever read anything quite like it before 6y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa Sound intriguing! 6y
Moray_Reads @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I even had to raise my Goodreads rating from 4 to 5 stars because I've had to ponder on our so much! 6y
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RaimeyGallant This sounds intriguing. 6y
LeahBergen Great review! ✨ Stacked ✨ 6y
RebelReader Sounds interestingly strange! Stacked! 6y
batsy Sounds truly fascinating. Plus, Alan Garner! Say no more 😊 6y
Annl What a great review! 6y
Tamra Intriguing! 6y
Kalalalatja Well, with a review like that, how can I not stack it? 👏 6y
julesG Stacked because of your review. 6y
RohitSawant Terrific review! 6y
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