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E.L.’s 2024 Year in Books
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E.L. Parfitt
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July 2017
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A Gypsy's Curse
Finally! The new book is now on pre-order with a lovely cover designed by O ;-)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CTKQDSTZ?...
It's been a busy year. I won two prizes for an extract of this novel.
What it's about in a sentence: a Gypsy storyteller marries a fisherman and meets a genie.
The fuller blurb:
In a windswept Scottish village in 1815, a Romani storyteller faces a deadly curse and a hostile community Read more of this blog post »
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CTKQDSTZ?...
It's been a busy year. I won two prizes for an extract of this novel.
What it's about in a sentence: a Gypsy storyteller marries a fisherman and meets a genie.
The fuller blurb:
In a windswept Scottish village in 1815, a Romani storyteller faces a deadly curse and a hostile community Read more of this blog post »
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Death at the Old Curiosity Shop (Cotswold Curiosity Shop Mysteries, #1)
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Curious characters Loved the characters, setting and mystery. Way it wrapped up things felt abrupt, but that's a personal feeling. Otherwise a real pageturner. ...more |
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“I’d forgive you for not having an inkling of who I am if you glimpsed me from a distance. You have your own idea of what a Gypsy is, I’m sure. We all make instant judgements. ’Tis our second thoughts that count. But I’m confident you’d be wrong with first, and second, impressions.”
― A Gypsy's Curse
― A Gypsy's Curse
“Not everyone has to get along, or can be expected to show respect to one another, for we differ in how we would like to be treated. Misunderstanding is inevitable.”
― A Gypsy's Curse
― A Gypsy's Curse
“I have the most fantastic, stupendous, magnificent idea. Why it’s better than television," he said, standing there in red, tartan pyjamas, his beard in a sleepy tangle.
Dunn's Magnificent Idea”
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Dunn's Magnificent Idea”
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“I have the most fantastic, stupendous, magnificent idea. Why it’s better than television," he said, standing there in red, tartan pyjamas, his beard in a sleepy tangle.
Dunn's Magnificent Idea”
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Dunn's Magnificent Idea”
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“It was late when father and the Duke tracked me down feigning surprise that I was in the usual place every time as if it was a game they played, “Where’s Rose? Why, growing in her usual spot!”
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“It’s hard to tell sometimes if Etheny’s stories are true, as you will see, so I will lay down the story as she told it to me to allow you to decide for yourself.”
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“The tragedy in the lives of most of us is that we go through life walking down a high-walled land with people of our own kind, the same economic situation, the same national background and education and religious outlook. And beyond those walls, all humanity lies, unknown and unseen, and untouched by our restricted and impoverished lives.”
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“That night three friends lie in their beds trying to ignore the instructive moon. Its gravity unravels heavy thoughts from the spindle of the soul. Thoughts of friendship … thoughts of things that were said and that shouldn’t have been.”
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