By Maggie Clark From childhood Cleo wears a mask, to protect herself and to avoid sharing her feelings. Set in the wild landscape of Dartmoor and with a deep sense of place and belonging, the Rock is both literally a massive granite rock in a stream enchanted with ancestry, and a turning point for a story of love and misunderstanding that peels back the influences of tragedies and abuses suffered by parents and earlier generations. In a story as wild and romantic as its landscape Cleo experiences love and comes to terms with herself, her ancestors, and for the moment her future. REVIEWS "This book is a treat which I cannot recommend too highly," wrote Tom Greeves in Dartmoor Magazine, Autumn 2006. "Many readers will identify with this lovely, freshly written, keenly observed and powerful contemporary Dartmoor novel." "This is a story born out of natural beauty and soil - from the viscera of animal life," wrote Hilton Savoy in a Writebuzz review. "An excellent first novel . . . It's a good girlie read. Get it today!" |
