The Gifts

Name: The Gifts
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Liz Hyder
ISBN: 9781666632279

Author: Liz Hyder

Narrator: Tuppence Middleton

Unabridged: 12 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 04/25/2023

Categories: Fiction, Gothic, Fantasy, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

October 1840. A young woman staggers alone through a forest in the English countryside as a huge pair of impossible wings rip themselves from her shoulders. In London, rumors of a fallen angel cause a frenzy across the city, and a surgeon desperate for fame and fortune finds himself in the grips of a dangerous obsession, one that will place the women he seeks in the most terrible danger... The Gifts is an astonishing novel, a spellbinding tale told through five different perspectives and set against the luminous backdrop of nineteenth-century London. It explores science, nature and religion, enlightenment, the role of women in society, and the dark danger of ambition.

About Liz Hyder

Liz Hyder is an author and a creative workshop leader. She has been part of Writing West Midlands's Room 204 writer-development programme since 2016. Named The Times Children's Book of the Year in 2019, her debut, Bearmouth, was also the Waterstones Children's Book for Older Readers 2020 and the winner of the Branford Boase Award 2020. Originally from London, she now lives in South Shropshire in a small medieval market town surrounded by hills, books, and plants.

About Tuppence Middleton

Tuppence Middleton is an English actress and voiceover artist who was nominated for the London Evening Standard Film Awards 2010 for Most Promising Newcomer. Since 2015, she portrays Riley Blue in the Netflix web-series Sense8.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rosh

In a Nutshell: A historical fantasy written in literary fiction style. Won’t work for every reader due to the slow pacing and the writing approach, but I liked the plot. Triggers galore! Story Synopsis: 1840, England. Etta: A young woman of mixed parentage, Etta is dealing with the grief of her pet dog......more

Goodreads review by Shelley's Book Nook

My Reviews Can Also Be Found On:Twitter - Amazon- Storygraph - The Book Review Crew Set in 1840 England and narrated from five different points of view The Gifts is a slow-burn gothic tale of a doctor's obsession with the women with wings. I loved that book fell into many categories such as......more

Goodreads review by Katie

An utter favourite. I adored it.......more

Goodreads review by Natalie "Curling up with a Coffee and a Kindle"

This is a beautifully written novel that blends several different genres- historical fiction, mystery, literary fiction, with a little fantasy thown in. The structure of the novel is challenging, and lends itself to needing complete focus by the reader, but if this isn't a problem, the book is an int......more

Quotes

"Narrator Tuppence Middleton offers distinct, character-appropriate voices to engage listeners, from a lord’s sneer as he disinherits his half-sister for being mixed-race to Orkney Islands brogue [...] An excellent pick for fans of Naomi Novik."" - Library Journal"