The Telling

Publisher Marketing: When Rachel sets off alone for her mother's isolated country house, she promises herself that the business of packing up and selling will only take a couple of weeks, and then she'll be home again, and back to normal. But from the moment she steps through the front door, Rachel feels that the house contains more than she had expected: along with the memories of her mother, there is something else, a presence - not quite tangible - trying to make itself felt. As Rachel struggles to put her mother's affairs in order, she grows ever more convinced that the house holds a message for her. Can the ghosts of the past be nudging their way into the present, or is Rachel really beginning to lose her mind? Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2015 (EAN 9780804172653, Paperback) - *Starred Review Library Journal 07/01/2015 pg. 72 (EAN 9780804172653, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Baker, Jo Jo Baker was educated at Oxford and now lives in Belfast where she runs the Belfast Literary Festival. This is her first novel. Contributor Bio:  Bond, Jilly Jilly Bond has worked extensively in theater and radio for the past twelve years. Her credits on stage include Miranda (and Antonio!) in "The Tempest", Fiona, the girl, in "When I Was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout", and Anita in Ayckbourn s "A Small Family Business". She is regularly heard in dramas for Radio 4 and the BBC World Service.