Blackmoor
By: Edward Hogan
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781847370983
Subjects: Albinos and albinism; Fiction; Omens; Social Marginality; Social life and customs; Présages; Romans, nouvelles; Mœurs et coutumes; Manners and customs
Description: "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, half-blind and unknowable, and her life and death in that same village has always been a dark family secret, but as Vincent comes of age he begins to search for the truth." "What happened in Blackmoor - the destruction of an industry, the dissolution of a community, and Beth's persecution at the hands of superstitious locals - is a moving, haunting story of a young woman whose face didn't fit, and a past that refuses to go away."--Jacket.