The Telling

was born and grew up in the village of Arkholme, Lancashire. Educated at Oxford and Belfast, she now lives in Lancaster. She is the author of two previous novels, Offcomer and The Mermaid’s Child and is now at work on her fourth.

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    First published by Portobello Books 2008
This ebook edition published 2012
     
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    This is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogues are products of the author’s imagination and not to be construed as real. The author’s use of names of actual persons, living or dead, and actual places is incidental to the purposes of the plot and is not intended to change the entirely fictional character of the work.
     
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    ISBN 978 1 84627 466 4
     
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