| The Cottingley Secret Lib/E Contributor(s): Gaynor, Hazel (Author), Fullford-Brown, Billie (Read by), Cass, Karen (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1538416298 ISBN-13: 9781538416297 Publisher: HarperAudio OUR PRICE: $53.99 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: August 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.5" W x 6" (0.70 lbs) |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home turns the clock back one hundred years to a time when two young girls from Cottingley, Yorkshire, convinced the world that they had done the impossible and photographed fairies in their garden. Now, in her newest novel, international bestseller Hazel Gaynor reimagines their story. 1917... It was inexplicable, impossible, but it had to be true--didn't it? When two young cousins, Frances Griffiths and Elsie Wright from Cottingley, England, claim to have photographed fairies at the bottom of the garden, their parents are astonished. But when one of the great novelists of the time, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, becomes convinced of the photographs' authenticity, the girls become a national sensation, their discovery offering hope to those longing for something to believe in amid a world ravaged by war. Frances and Elsie will hide their secret for many decades. But Frances longs for the truth to be told. One hundred years later... When Olivia Kavanagh finds an old manuscript in her late grandfather's bookshop she becomes fascinated by the story it tells of two young girls who mystified the world. But it is the discovery of an old photograph that leads her to realize how the fairy girls' lives intertwine with hers, connecting past to present, and blurring her understanding of what is real and what is imagined. As she begins to understand why a nation once believed in fairies, can Olivia find a way to believe in herself? |
Contributor Bio(s): Gaynor, Hazel: - Hazel Gaynor is an author and freelance writer in Ireland and the UK and was the recipient of the Cecil Day Lewis Award for Emerging Writers in 2012. Originally from North Yorkshire, England, she now lives in Ireland with her husband, two young children, and an accident-prone cat. Cass, Karen: -Karen Cass is a voice artist and AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator of more than thirty audiobooks. Fulford-Brown, Billie: -Billie Fulford-Brown is a London-based actress, voice-over artist, and AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator. |