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"Bird-watching teenager Vincent Cartwright lives out a bullied, awkward existence not far from the site of Blackmoor, a mysterious Derbyshire village that no longer exists. His mother Beth had been half-blind and unknowable, and her life and death in that same village has always been a dark family secret. However, as Vincent comes of age he begins to search for the truth. His search uncovers the events that happened in Blackmoor - the destruction of an industry, the dissolution of a community, and Beth's persecution at the hands of superstitious locals. He discovers the story of a young woman…
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2 editions- Other · English · 2009Charnwood · 302 pages · 9781847825353
- Other · English · 2008Simon & Schuster · 272 pages · 9781847370983
Family secretsAlbinos and albinismSocial life and customsExtinct citiesManners and customsFathers and sonsFictionFiction, family life, general








