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The Silver Bough

The Silver Bough 1

A Novel

by Lisa Tuttle
Paperback
Publication Date: 26/12/2006
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The award-winning author of The Mysteries returns with another captivating novel in which modern-day enigmas and age-old myths come together to bear spellbinding fruit.

Nestled on the coast of Scotland, Appleton was once famous for its apples. Now, though the orchards are long gone, locals still dream of the town's glory days, when good luck seemed a way of life. And outsiders are still drawn to the charming village, including three very different American women. . . .

Enchanted by Appleton's famously ornate library, divorcee Kathleen Mullaroy has left her cosmopolitan job to start anew as the town's head librarian. . . .

Widowed Nell Westray hopes for a quiet life in the place she and her husband spent their happiest moments. . . .

And young Ashley Kaldis has come to find her roots.

But when a sudden landslide cuts Appleton off from the wider world-and the usual constraints of reality-the village reveals itself to be an extraordinary place, inhabited by legendary beings and secret rooms. Most unexpected is a handsome stranger who will draw all three women into an Otherworld where, as in Eden, the bite of a single apple can alter the course of reality . . . if only one of them will believe.
ISBN:
9780553587357
9780553587357
Category:
Fantasy
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
26-12-2006
Language:
English
Publisher:
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
368
Dimensions (mm):
209x139x19mm
Weight:
0.34kg

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I found the Scottish folklore in this interesting. The plot took a long time to start going, with the first 6 chapters introducing a seemingly endless parade of different characters. I'm not sure why the 3 main characters had to be Americans - it seemed unlikely to me that a small village in Scotland would have so many, but maybe I've missed something in the story. In fact, none of the main characters came from Appleton, so maybe that's the point and I'm being a bit stupid. So, in summary: Scottish folklore = good; story = a bit dull; me = a bit stupid.

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