Dot

Name: Dot
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Araminta Hall
ISBN: 9780007520008

Author: Araminta Hall

Narrator: Claire Morgan

Unabridged: 8 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 05/23/2013

Categories: Fiction, Family Life, Mystery & Detective, Cozy, Small Town & Rural, Women

Synopsis

The remarkable new novel from the bestselling author of ‘An emotionally compelling and deeply moving novel – I loved it’ Daisy Goodwin In a higgledy-piggledy house with turrets and tunnels towering over the sleepy Welsh village of Druith, two girls play hide and seek. They don’t see its grandeur or the secrets locked behind doors they cannot open. They see lots of brilliant places to hide. Squeezed under her mother’s bed, pulse racing with the thrill of a new hiding place Dot sees something else: a long-forgotten photograph of a man, his hair blowing in the breeze. Dot stares so long at the photograph the image begins to disintegrate before her eyes, and as the image fades it is replaced with one thought: ‘I think it’s definitely him.’ DOT is the story of one little girl and how her one small action changes the lives of those around her for ever.

About Araminta Hall

Araminta Hall has an MA in creative writing and authorship from the University of Sussex, and teaches creative writing at New Writing South in Brighton, where she lives with her husband and three children. She is the author of Our Kind of Cruelty, which was named a best book of 2018 by CrimeReads and Real Simple.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Shravani

“Past is fun if your present is great.” Dot, a novel by the author of Our Kind of Cruelty revolves around the life of women who are in one way or the other have been made vulnerable by the circumstances. Dot ( a teenage girl ) lives with her beautiful young mother Alice and her grandmother Clarice in......more

Goodreads review by Cleopatra

Everything and Nothing was one of those books I didn’t simply love at the time of reading it, I still remember it now over two years later. Why did I love it so much? Because it was written so skilfully that I felt like I was actually viewing the story as it was revealed so I put Dot on my wish list......more

Goodreads review by Lorna

A story that tells the tale of three generations of women and goes forward and back in time. A warm but emotional read, it focuses on relationships with family members and how myths and mistakes can seep through generations. Dot does not know who her father is; he left before her 2nd birthday party......more

Quotes

Praise for : ‘ is a moving, passionate novel about the connections between families and how we repeat and re-live the mistakes of the past. It made me think about what it means as a woman to both to have and to be a daughter, mother and grandmother' ‘An emotionally compelling and deeply moving novel – I loved it’ ‘Beautifully written; [] is lyrical and haunting, whilst also being sad and true. It is a completely compelling read with a very satisfying plot. It stayed with me for a long time after reading’ ‘Araminta Hall is an exceptionally talented writer… A thoroughly enjoyable read’ ‘This is a powerful tale about the negative effects of paternal irresponsibility, yet ultimately how string female friendships overthrow the damage done by it. Stunning’ ‘Mixing melancholic home truths with uniquely British humour. This is a deeply moving triumph’ Praise for : ‘An assured debut… I suspect that this will be the first of what promises to be a new genre: the nanny chiller’ ‘Chilling and suspenseful’ ‘An unsettling, menacing read’ ‘A suspenseful and emotive examination of a family in meltdown…a skilfully executed debut novel’ ‘A beautifully written, completely gripping novel that plays on the unsettling notion that sometimes the least safe place is your very own home’