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Swansong
Swansong | Kerry Andrew
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In this stunningly assured, immersive and vividly atmospheric first novel, a young woman comes face-to-face with the volatile, haunted wilderness of the Scottish Highlands. Polly Vaughan is trying to escape the ravaging guilt of a disturbing incident in London by heading north to the Scottish Highlands. As soon as she arrives, this spirited, funny, alert young woman goes looking for drink, drugs and sex finding them all quickly, and unsatisfactorily, with the barman in the only pub. She also finds a fresh kind of fear, alone in this eerie, myth-drenched landscape. Increasingly prone to visions or visitations floating white shapes in the waters of the loch or in the woods she is terrified and fascinated by a man she came across in the forest on her first evening, apparently tearing apart a bird. Who is this strange loner? And what is his sinister secret? Kerry Andrew is a fresh new voice in British fiction; one that comes from a deep understanding of the folk songs, mythologies and oral traditions of these islands. Her powerful metaphoric language gives Swansong a charged, hallucinatory quality that is unique, uncanny and deeply disquieting.
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ReadingEnvy
Swansong | Kerry Andrew
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Reading Envy Podcast Episode 194: Squirreling Books Away with Andrew @andrew61
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Jenny welcomes Andrew to discuss books, and we discuss myth and folk tale retellings, classics, and reading around the world. Andrew is a marvel - he finishes every book he starts and has been in the same book group for 20 years.
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https://tinyurl.com/ReadingEnvy194

andrew61 Thanks jenny, im looking forward to listening ☺ 4y
Centique Just listening to this now. You sound great @andrew61 and you‘ve made me want to try to read Middlemarch again - so your enthusiasm is contagious! 4y
Centique By which I mean, I gave up the last time I tried to read Middlemarch! @andrew61 4y
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andrew61 @Centique thanks so much paula, i was very nervous about doing it but jenny is so easy to talk to it was really enjoyable. I'll be listening to it soon ☺ 4y
ReadingEnvy @Centique he made me want to read it too! 4y
Reggie @andrew61 this was a really nice show. You sound so charming. I want to go check out Swansong. 4y
andrew61 @Reggie thanks so much reggie glad you enjoyed it, tempted now to say really im just a jumped up country boy who never knew his place . Not sure if you will get the reference ☺ 4y
Reggie @andrew61 I for some reason want to say it‘s a Willie Nelson song. Lol I don‘t know. 4y
andrew61 @Reggie This charming man by the smiths. ☺ 4y
Christine I adored this episode! ❤️ @andrew61 4y
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andrew61
Swansong | Kerry Andrew
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#readwithmrbook #onewordtitle
29th January so happy as requested to post this brilliant read. Hope other people try it and im looking forward to seeing the completed list.

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andrew61
Swansong | Kerry Andrew
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Another book based on myth concerning swans, this a folk song was a brilliant story, a yng woman going through a crisis in her studies and a traumatic event goes to stay with her mother in a Scottish village next to a loch. She joins the local n'er do wells b4 meeting a reclusive older man and some other worldly spooky things occur. Loved it, so atmospheric i felt i was wandering the hills and paths. And didn't expect to get to #readwithmrbook

andrew61 And pictured with my charity shop grabs this week, someone must have delivered a load of viragos and my current read. 5y
Crazeedi Well written review! Thanks 5y
quirkyreader I hope you got all of the viragos that‘s were put out. 5y
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LeahBergen Ooooh, look at those nice green Viragos! 💚💚 5y
batsy I'm eyeing those Viragos too 😍 5y
andrew61 @quirkyreader @LeahBergen @batsy Yes im afraid i left a couple, one i already have, but i might go back next week and see if there any more. They are very attractive and I always like the artwork on the covers ☺ 5y
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Eyejaybee
Swansong | Kerry Andrew
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A mesmerising combination of hypnotically beautiful prose, breathtaking descriptions of landscape and an ethereal romance. All the more remarkable as it is Kerry Andrew‘s debut novel. See my Goodreads review at: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35004350-swansong. #kerryandrew #swansong #fiction #book #books #bookstagram #currentlyreading #bookish #bookcommunity #booksbooksbooks #booknerd #bookphotography #landscape #scottishhighlands

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jhod
Swansong | Kerry Andrew
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Did very well and only bought two books at the Waterstones debut fiction showcase. I love hearing authors read their work.

TrishB Lovely ❤️ 7y
Cathythoughts So nice 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 7y
Cinfhen Love that you choose two UK debut fiction books 🙌🏻💕 7y
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CoffeeCatsBooks That Swansong cover! 💕 7y
batsy Swansong sounds so good! 7y
jhod @Cinfhen they were 4 female under 40 Brits reading - all innovating and playing with the fiction format, v inspiring! 7y
minkyb Sounds like a great event! 7y
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