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Kate Hamer

    Kate Hamer crafts narratives that delve into the complexities of human relationships and the hidden dimensions of childhood. Her prose, often set against evocative rural backdrops, explores themes of lost innocence and the yearning for connection. Hamer masterfully uncovers the inner lives of her characters, weaving stories that are both fragile and resilient. Her work resonates with readers for its emotional depth and insightful portrayal of the human psyche.

    Kate Hamer
    Μην το πεις πουθενά
    The Doll Funeral
    The Girl in the Red Coat
    • The Girl in the Red Coat

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Shortlisted for the 2015 Costa First Novel Award Eight-year-old Carmel has always been different - sensitive, distracted, with an heartstopping tendency to go missing. Her mother Beth, newly single, worries about her daughter's strangeness, especially as she is trying to rebuild a life for the two of them on her own. When she takes Carmel for an outing to a local festival, her worst fear is realised: Carmel disappears into the crowd. Unable to accept the possibility that her daughter might be gone for good, Beth embarks on a mission to find her. Meanwhile, Carmel begins an extraordinary and terrifying journey of her own. But do the real clues to Carmel's disappearance lie in the otherworldly qualities her mother had only begun to guess at?

      The Girl in the Red Coat
      3.5
    • The Doll Funeral

      • 368 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      "On Ruby's thirteenth birthday, a wish she didn't even know she had suddenly comes true: the couple who raised her aren't her parents at all. Her real mother and father are out there somewhere, and Ruby becomes determined to find them. Venturing into the forest with nothing but a suitcase and the company of her only true friend-- the imaginary Shadow Boy-- Ruby discovers a group of siblings who live alone in the woods. The children take her in, and while they offer the closest Ruby's ever had to a family, Ruby begins to suspect that they might need her even more than she needs them. And it's not always clear what's real and what's not-- or who's trying to help her and who might be a threat. Told from shifting timelines, and the alternating perspectives of teenage Ruby; her mother, Anna; and even the Shadow Boy ..."--

      The Doll Funeral
      3.3
    • Μην το πεις πουθενά

      • 432 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      Με λένε Ρούμπι. Ζω με την Μπάρμπαρα και τον Μικ. Δεν είναι οι πραγματικοί μου γονείς, αλλά μου λένε τι να κάνω και τι να πω. Πρέπει να πω ότι οι μελανιές στα χέρια μου και το μαύρο μάτι προήλθαν από μια πτώση στις σκάλες. Αλλά υπάρχουν πράγματα που δεν θα πω. Δεν θα τους πω ότι σκοπεύω να αναζητήσω τους πραγματικούς μου γονείς. Δεν λέω λέξη για τον Σκιά, που κάθεται στις σκάλες, ή για την Κυρία Σφήκα που είδα στο δρόμο για το κρεβάτι. Είπα στον Μικ ότι είδα τη γυναίκα με το φόρεμα από βούτυρο, κρεμασμένη ανάποδα από τη ζώνη ασφαλείας βαθιά στο δάσος πίσω από το σπίτι μας. Του είπα ότι είδα τον θάνατο να βγαίνει από αυτήν. Είπε ότι θα μου έδινε μετάλλιο για το ψέμα. Δεν έλεγα ψέματα. Είμαι κυνηγός χαμένων ψυχών και θα είμαι με την πραγματική μου οικογένεια. Και δεν θα αφήσω τον Μικ να με σταματήσει.

      Μην το πεις πουθενά
      3.2