Mr Peacock's Possessions
THE TIMES Book of the Year
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3.0 • 2 Ratings
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- £4.99
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Publisher Description
An intimate, intense and beautifully realised novel of possession, power and the liberating loss of innocence, this will delight fans of MISTER PIP and THE POISONWOOD BIBLE.
Oceania, 1879. For two years the Peacocks, a determined family of settlers, have struggled to make a remote volcanic island their home. At last, a ship appears. The six Pacific Islanders on board have travelled over eight hundred miles in search of new horizons.
Hopes are high, until a vulnerable boy vanishes.
In their search for the lost child, settlers and newcomers together uncover far more than they were looking for. The island's secrets force young Lizzie Peacock to question her deepest convictions, and slowly this tiny, fragile community begins to fracture . . .
'Intelligent, beautifully written'
The Times
'Historical fiction fans, meet your new favourite author'
Stella Magazine
'Beautifully written, immaculately researched and powerfully imagined'
Lancashire Evening Post
Customer Reviews
Powerful and dramatic
This book left a lasting impression on me. A very vividly told story about a family setting out to create their own private kingdom on a remote island but when they get there nothing goes according to plan and the domineering father turns into a monster as the increasingly nightmarish situation unfolds. Recommended.