Overview
A gothic tale of family, the legend of the selkies - shapeshifting mythological creatures - and a young woman who is offered an impossible choice. The only daughter in a family of Scottish seal-hunters, Kier Sealgair is becoming a burden. She cannot kill, and the family are facing hard times now that her father is ailing. On the neighbouring cliffs stands Erskine Manor, home to a mysterious and wealthy family. Servants arrive in town to buy supplies, but the family is never seen, and waves of rumour spread in the struggling small-town community. Then, one day, after a chance encounter, Lady Erskine finds Kier and offers her a bargain that could save Kier's father and change the town's impending fate. But questions remain. Who lives in the five towers of the manor? Is the Lord of the house alive? And are the children of the manor even human, or are the tales of spine-toothed monsters who roam the grounds true?
Full Product Details
Author: Angie Spoto
Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd
Imprint: Black and White Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 16.20cm
, Height: 3.20cm
, Length: 24.00cm
Weight: 0.555kg
ISBN: 9781785306600
ISBN 10: 178530660
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 10 October 2024
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
'Steeped in fairytale and legend, The Bone Diver is an eerily beautiful reimagining of the myth of the selkie. I was swept away on these deep gothic currents.' * KATE GRIFFIN, author of Fyneshade * 'Dark, dreamy, and deliciously atmospheric - like all the best folktales do, The Bone Diver drew me in and would not let me go.' * C. E. McGill * 'Wonderfully gothic, damp and hopeful. The Bone Diver is a folktale within a folktale, telling a story that is both dark and luscious. Spoto writes about the sea as if she lives in it, and I didn't want to leave behind the world of ever-changing forests, haunted seas and selkies that she so confidently created.' * Jodie Matthews * 'In The Bone Diver, Spoto has carved a captivating, powerful tale of family ties made monstrous and tangled. This is folklore and love carved into something dangerous, brilliant and new.' * Lorraine Wilson *
Author Information
Angie Spoto is an American writer living in Scotland. She grew up near Chicago, lived in the Netherlands, and eventually moved to Scotland to get her PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow. She loves stories that are dark and surreal, strange and magical, and is inspired by writers like Ursula Le Guinn, Octavia Butler, Leonora Carrington, and Naomi Novik. She loves fairy tales, especially Scottish ones. She lives beside the shore with her husband and son.
