The Unravelling

‘Like a surreal cabinet of curiosities – haunting, eerie, evocative’Bridget Collins, bestselling author ofSunday TimesThe Binding

‘This moving tale is set in a mesmerising world’Heat

‘Polly Crosby whips up a lush, mythical world in this dream-like novel . . . A book worm’s treat!’Eve Chase, bestselling author ofSunday TimesThe Glass House

Tartelin Brown is all alone in the world. So when she sees an advert for a job on a remote island, she knows she has nothing to lose.

Her employer, Marianne Stourbridge, is a woman as strange and mysterious as the place she inhabits.

Tasked with hunting butterflies for Marianne’s research, Tartelin quickly uncovers evidence of something even more intriguing – for Marianne has a remarkable past.

Determined to piece together the story, Tartelin must first confront her own. But what she discovers on the island is more terrible and heart-breaking than she could ever have imagined.

Atmospheric and deeply emotional, is the captivating novel from the author of .The UnravellingThe Illustrated Child

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‘I absolutely loved , and there is something really special about Crosby's beautiful and immersive storytelling’The Unravelling

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'A gorgeously written story, atmospheric and hauntingly beautiful. Captivating and totally immersive. It is one for those that like delving into mysteries of the past, to discover more about a family and to discover the secrets'

Two women.A wild Island.A truth buried deep in the past.