The Secrets of the Lake
13 May 2021Imprint: Pan
Synopsis
The war may be over, but for Molly life is still in turmoil. Uprooted from London after the death of her mother, Molly, her father and younger brother Jimmy are starting again in a quiet village in the countryside of Colchester. As summer sets in, the heat is almost as oppressive as the village gossip. Molly dreams of becoming a...
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13 May 2021554 minutes
9781529036633Imprint: Pan
Reviews
Liz Trenow draws us in so that we inhabit her world, and it was a wrench to put the book down after the last beautifully written pageGill Paul on The Dressmaker of Draper’s Lane
What a delicious read The Silk Weaver is. I was enchanted by this novel set in eighteenth-century Spitalfields; meticulously researched, richly detailed, the brilliantly structured story shimmered as the threads of silk wound through its pages. I devoured it in two days and was gripped from start to finish. The characters shine too and Anna is an absolute triumph. A fabulous bookDinah Jefferies on The Silk Weaver
