Cover the mirrors
By: by Faye L. Booth
Publisher: Magna Large Print Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Long Preston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 395
ISBN-13: 9780750528665
Subjects: Spiritualists; Fiction; History
Description: It is 1856 and Spiritualism is at the height of its popularity. Molly Pinner has left behind her childhood in the Preston slums and inherited her late aunt Florrie's mantle as Preston's most successful medium. It soon becomes clear that her aunt was something far more cunning than a magnet for the spirits of the dead, but Molly puts aside her qualms and takes well to her new trade. Molly's relationship with her oldest friend, Jenny, is jeopardised when she begins a passionate affair with local businessman William Hamilton. Before she knows it, Molly finds herself married to a man she cannot love, and pregnant with a child she does not want. In desperation, she makes a decision that will cast her relationship with William in a completely new light. Trapped and traumatised, and longing to regain her friendship with Jenny, Molly is about to receive a blow that will turn her life upside down. It seems Aunt Florrie lied about more than just her ability to commune with the dead: a truth hidden for years is about to emerge, and it will threaten not only Molly's livelihood, but her very life.
Notes: Originally published: London: Macmillan New Writing, 2007.