Helen Dunmore
Helen Dunmore was an award-winning novelist, children's author and poet. She published twelve novels including Zennor in Darkness , which won the McKitterick Prize; Burning Bright; A Spell of Winter, which won the inaugural Orange Prize in 1996; Talking to the Dead; Your Blue-Eyed Boy; With Your Crooked Heart; The Siege, which was shortlisted for the 2001 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award and the Orange Prize for Fiction 2002; Mourning Ruby and House of Orphans. She was posthumously awarded the...See more
Helen Dunmore was an award-winning novelist, children's author and poet. She published twelve novels including Zennor in Darkness , which won the McKitterick Prize; Burning Bright; A Spell of Winter, which won the inaugural Orange Prize in 1996; Talking to the Dead; Your Blue-Eyed Boy; With Your Crooked Heart; The Siege, which was shortlisted for the 2001 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award and the Orange Prize for Fiction 2002; Mourning Ruby and House of Orphans. She was posthumously awarded the Costa 2017 prize for her poetry collection Inside the Wave. See less
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Helen Dunmore book reviews
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A Spell of Winter
A curate's egg, excellent in parts
This fin de siècle, first person, novel, is at its Austenesque heart a story of decay, hope and incestuous love.
Cathy lives in a large run down country house with her Grandfather, known locally as ... Read More
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The Siege
enthralling love story
This book was one of the best books i have ever read. The story was historically accurate and also very believable as a novel. I couldn't put it down. Read More
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The Tide Knot
Awesome book 2
I have loved Helen Dunmores writing ability. And in the series, this book 2, is very well written and I really have enjoyed it! Read More
