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Sally Emerson

    Sally Emerson is the author of compelling novels and an anthologist of poetry and prose. Her writing delves into the intricate tapestry of human relationships and the inner lives of her characters. Emerson is known for her sharp psychological insights and a prose style that is both delicate and powerful, drawing readers deeply into her narratives. As a respected anthologist, she also contributes to enriching the literary landscape.

    The Kingfisher Nursery Library: Action Rhymes
    Fire Child
    Separation
    Second Sight
    In Loving Memory
    Be Mine
    • 2022

      Perfect, Stories of the Impossible

      • 296 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Bestselling author, Sally Emerson introduces the eerie and supernatural into her keen-eyed portraits of everyday life in this wondrous collection of stories. The beguiling tales of quotidian life invaded by forces beyond our control are both uncanny and charming, and ultimately uplifting as she celebrates reality and unreality in its many forms.

      Perfect, Stories of the Impossible
    • 2021

      A tense romantic thriller about stolen art treasures and precarious passion, this gripping story confirms Sally Emerson's status as a preeminent novelist of the mysterious, erotic and dramatic. Patrick first sees Anne in the British Museum in front of the Elgin Marbles - both young historians are fighting to uncover secrets

      Broken Bodies
    • 2017

      Sally Emerson's compelling sophomore novel takes the reader into a dark labyrinth of physical danger and spiritual terror. Newly re-issued.

      Listeners
    • 2017

      A startlingly dramatic novel about an adolescent's passage to adulthood. Smart, savvy and original, Sally Emerson's story about a young woman growing up with an amoral mother deftly portrays youth and its careful obsessions. číst celé

      Second Sight
    • 2017

      Fire Child's dark heroine is young Tessa who from the age of 12 uses the power of her smile to seduce men, with damaging and dramatic consequences. Sally Emerson's hypnotic, vivid, unputdownable, blazing love story throbs with lust and black humour.

      Fire Child
    • 2007

      Be Mine

      • 304 pages
      • 11 hours of reading
      4.5(10)Add rating

      A selection of prose and poetry to celebrate marriage, love and relationships - tender, funny, cynical, some well known, some unexpected.

      Be Mine
    • 2004

      In Loving Memory

      • 256 pages
      • 9 hours of reading
      4.3(10)Add rating

      A collection of poetry and readings suitable for funerals, to comfort, console, but also to celebrate.

      In Loving Memory
    • 1998

      Heat

      • 288 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Susan first spots her ex-lover in a bookshop on the outskirts of Washington. When she sees him again on her home territory, she becomes convinced that he has come to taunt her, to upset and destroy her measured life. As the suffocating summer draws on she becomes unsure of the reality of things.

      Heat
    • 1993

      A compelling and moving novel set in London about the pain of being separated from the children you love. Amanda is a high-flying management consultant with a loving and eccentric husband. Kate is her new baby and Sarah her mysterious nanny

      Separation
    • 1993

      The Kingfisher Nursery Collection

      • 256 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      A selection of action rhymes, nursery rhymes, poems and traditional stories. Suggested level: preschool, junior.

      The Kingfisher Nursery Collection