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Author: Catherine Trimby Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd ISBN: 1838593209 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 360
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Jenny had tried unsuccessfully to forget the time, over fifty years ago, when she found the body and the ruby ring on the Devon beach. It was easy to hide the ring in her special box, but not so easy to hide the guilty memories. Now aged 65, she lives a comfortable and enjoyable life in Bristol. Then her granddaughters visit; they discover the ring and Jenny’s cosy world changes. Her granddaughters insist she tries to find the owner of the ring and return it. Jenny embarks on a mission that re-unites her with her cousin Margaret. They return to Devon to attempt to piece together the events. Was it a murder or an accident? Did the dead woman have a family? They track down a reporter who covered the story at the time. But is he telling the truth? The surprising journey to find an owner for the ring takes them from a world of street prostitution, child abuse and abduction to a possible cover up by the Catholic church. A young woman’s life is changed by Jenny and Margaret’s intervention and Jenny herself discovers a new perspective on her own life.
Author: Catherine Trimby Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd ISBN: 1838593209 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 360
Book Description
Jenny had tried unsuccessfully to forget the time, over fifty years ago, when she found the body and the ruby ring on the Devon beach. It was easy to hide the ring in her special box, but not so easy to hide the guilty memories. Now aged 65, she lives a comfortable and enjoyable life in Bristol. Then her granddaughters visit; they discover the ring and Jenny’s cosy world changes. Her granddaughters insist she tries to find the owner of the ring and return it. Jenny embarks on a mission that re-unites her with her cousin Margaret. They return to Devon to attempt to piece together the events. Was it a murder or an accident? Did the dead woman have a family? They track down a reporter who covered the story at the time. But is he telling the truth? The surprising journey to find an owner for the ring takes them from a world of street prostitution, child abuse and abduction to a possible cover up by the Catholic church. A young woman’s life is changed by Jenny and Margaret’s intervention and Jenny herself discovers a new perspective on her own life.
Author: Charles Vivian Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 0955850002 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 206
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An English family find a small Viking hoard deposited on an Irish cliff top over a thousand years previously. They discover that under the law, all such treasure belongs to the State. In connivance with the landowner they resolve to take the artifacts to England for valuation; to them all, a victimless crime. Once appraised of its worth, it is decided to sell The Ballingaddy Find by auction in London. Diverse curators, experts, collectors and law breakers surround the hoard in an effort to either own or make money from it. Unbeknown to most, however, it has a secret that could jeopardize the sale. Desire beguiles but is it Cupid or cupidity?
Author: Helen Scales Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1472911377 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 313
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The beautifully written story of shells and their makers, and our relationships with them. Seashells are the sculpted homes of a remarkable group of animals: the molluscs. These are some of the most ancient and successful animals on the planet. But watch out. Some molluscs can kill you if you eat them. Some will kill you if you stand too close. That hasn't stopped people using shells in many ways over thousands of years. They became the first jewelry and oldest currencies; they've been used as potent symbols of sex and death, prestige and war, not to mention a nutritious (and tasty) source of food. Spirals in Time is an exuberant aquatic romp, revealing amazing tales of these undersea marvels. Helen Scales leads us on a journey into their realm, as she goes in search of everything from snails that 'fly' underwater on tiny wings to octopuses accused of stealing shells and giant mussels with golden beards that were supposedly the source of Jason's golden fleece, and learns how shells have been exchanged for human lives, tapped for mind-bending drugs and inspired advances in medical technology. Weaving through these stories are the remarkable animals that build them, creatures with fascinating tales to tell, a myriad of spiralling shells following just a few simple rules of mathematics and evolution. Shells are also bellwethers of our impact on the natural world. Some species have been overfished, others poisoned by polluted seas; perhaps most worryingly of all, molluscs are expected to fall victim to ocean acidification, a side-effect of climate change that may soon cause shells to simply melt away. But rather than dwelling on what we risk losing, Spirals in Time urges you to ponder how seashells can reconnect us with nature, and heal the rift between ourselves and the living world.
Author: Catherine Trimby
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