The Bass Rock is about male violence on women and how the ghosts of women harmed by men haunt our interactions with the world. It consists of three interlocking narratives. There's the girl accused of being a witch who has to flee into the wilds with a family who protect her.
The Bass Rock
โ Scribed by Evie Wyld
- Book ID
- 100288943
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House Australia
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 193 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1760894761
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โฆ Synopsis
Surging out of the sea, the Bass Rock has for centuries watched over the lives that pass under its shadow on the Scottish mainland. And across the centuries the fates of three women are linked: to this place, to each other.
In the early 1700s, Sarah, accused of being a witch, flees for her life.
In the aftermath of the Second World War, Ruth navigates a new house, a new husband and the strange waters of the local community.
Six decades later, the house stands empty. Viv, mourning the death of her father, catalogues Ruth's belongings and discovers her place in the past โ and perhaps a way forward.
Each woman's choices are circumscribed, in ways big and small, by the men in their lives. But in sisterhood there is the hope of survival and new life. Intricately crafted and compulsively readable, The Bass Rock burns bright with anger and love.
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