The Woman Behind the Waterfall - Meriel, Leonora
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Magic and transformation in the beauty of a Ukrainian village For seven-year-old Angela, happiness is exploring the verdant countryside around her home in western Ukraine. Her imagination carries her into the spirits of passing birds, into the breath of the wind, into the leaves of her springtime garden. Everything changes when, one morning, she spies her mother crying. As she tries to find out what lies behind the sadness, she is drawn on an extraordinary journey into the secrets of her family, and her parent's fateful choices. Can Angela lead her mother back to happiness before her innocence…mehr

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Magic and transformation in the beauty of a Ukrainian village For seven-year-old Angela, happiness is exploring the verdant countryside around her home in western Ukraine. Her imagination carries her into the spirits of passing birds, into the breath of the wind, into the leaves of her springtime garden. Everything changes when, one morning, she spies her mother crying. As she tries to find out what lies behind the sadness, she is drawn on an extraordinary journey into the secrets of her family, and her parent's fateful choices. Can Angela lead her mother back to happiness before her innocence is destroyed by the shadows of a dark past? Beautiful, poetic and richly sensory, this is a tale that will haunt and lift its readers.
Autorenporträt
Leonora Meriel is the author of The Unity Game (published May 2017, Granite Cloud) called an "ambitious and thought-provoking novel" by Kirkus Reviews. Her debut novel The Woman Behind the Waterfall (October 2016) was hailed as "strange and beautiful" by writer Esther Freud, "a literary work of art" by Richmond Magazine and "an intoxicating world" by Kirkus Reviews. She is one of a select group of independent authors chosen by Waterstones - the leading bookshop chain in the UK - to be stocked nationwide. Leonora grew up in London but has lived in New York, Kyiv and Barcelona. She worked in business and then as an entrepreneur, before turning to writing full-time. Read her full biography at www.leonorameriel.com.