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After our Halloween spooky read of the most chilling and compelling ghost story of the year, Thin Air by Michelle Paver we are heading to another mountainous range, the remote Appalachians where a father and daughter live and must reckon with ghosts of their past in These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant.
No electricity, no family, no connection to the outside
world.
For eight years, Cooper and his young daughter, Finch, have lived in isolation
in a remote cabin in the northern Appalachian woods. And that's exactly the way
Cooper wants it, because he's got a lot to hide. Finch has been raised on the
books filling the cabin's shelves and the beautiful but brutal code of life in
the wilderness. But she's starting to push back against the sheltered life
Cooper has created for her-and he's still haunted by the painful truth of what
it took to get them there.
The only people who know they exist are a mysterious local hermit named
Scotland, and Cooper's old friend, Jake, who visits each winter to bring them
food and supplies. But this year, Jake doesn't show up, setting off an
irreversible chain of events that reveals just how precarious their situation
really is. Suddenly, the boundaries of their safe haven have blurred-and when a
stranger wanders into their woods, Finch's growing obsession with her could put
them all in danger. After a shocking disappearance threatens to upend the only
life Finch has ever known, Cooper is forced to decide whether to keep hiding-or
finally face the sins of his past.
Vividly atmospheric and masterfully tense, These Silent Woods is a
poignant story of survival, sacrifice, and how far a father will go when faced
with losing it all.
"Your next must read". --Country Living
"Gorgeously written, taut and compelling". --John Hart,
bestselling author of The Hush
We’ll be meeting on Thursday 28 November via MS Teams where
we will be discussing the novel. You can find the link via the events
calendar on the Staff Room.
We look forward to seeing you…
