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Dangerous Women: The compelling and beautifully written mystery about friendship, secrets and redemption de Hope Adams

Dangerous Women: The compelling and beautifully written mystery about friendship, secrets and redemption

Autor Hope Adams
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 3 mar 2021

Descoperim în Dangerous Women o miză psihologică tulburătoare: ce mai rămâne din demnitatea umană atunci când libertatea îți este confiscată, iar viitorul se rezumă la un orizont străin și ostil? Hope Adams ne transportă în anul 1841, la bordul navei Rajah, unde 180 de femei — mame, fiice și surori marcate de sărăcie — își încep exilul forțat către Australia. Putem afirma că forța acestui roman rezidă în contrastul dintre claustrarea fizică a vasului și vastitatea emoțională a personajelor sale, fiecare purtând povara unor secrete care, odată cu prima crimă comisă la bord, devin arme letale.

Remarcăm o execuție magistrală a genului „locked room mystery”, transpusă într-un context istoric riguros documentat. Ritmul narațiunii este dictat de balansul hipnotic al valurilor și de tensiunea crescândă a unei anchete în care fiecare pasageră este, prin definiție, suspectă. Stilul este unul atmosferic, autorul reușind să transforme puntea navei într-o scenă unde se joacă ultima șansă la mântuire. Forța narativă a lui Sian Rees din The Floating Brothel, combinată cu sensibilitatea explorării destinelor feminine întâlnită la Lesley Pearse în Remember Me, conferă acestei lucrări un glas propriu, mai întunecat și mai analitic.

Dangerous Women nu este doar o cronică a unei călătorii maritime, ci un „patchwork” de vieți frânte, cusute împreună de necesitatea supraviețuirii. Hope Adams reușește să transforme un fapt divers istoric într-o meditație profundă asupra justiției sociale și a modului în care femeile au fost, istoric vorbind, pedepsite disproporționat de o societate care le-a oferit prea puține opțiuni.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780241411407
ISBN-10: 0241411408
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 162 x 240 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Michael Joseph
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

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Recomandăm această carte pasionaților de beletristică istorică și mistere clasice. Cititorul va câștiga o perspectivă empatică asupra condiției feminine din epoca victoriană, totul ambalat într-un format de roman polițist captivant. Este o lectură despre reziliență și despre modul în care solidaritatea poate înflori chiar și în cele mai aspre condiții de izolare, oferind un motiv concret de reflecție asupra conceptului de a doua șansă.

Despre autor

Hope Adams este un pseudonim literar sub care autoarea își canalizează pasiunea pentru istoria socială și destinele uitate ale femeilor din secolul al XIX-lea. Cu o atenție meticuloasă la detaliul istoric, Adams reușește să dea voce celor marginalizați, transformând cercetarea academică în proză vie, vibrantă. Stilul său se caracterizează prin echilibrul dintre rigoarea faptelor documentate și profunzimea psihologică a personajelor, reușind să aducă în contemporaneitate dilemele morale ale trecutului. Dangerous Women reprezintă o etapă importantă în cariera sa, fiind apreciată de critici pentru modul în care îmbină genul „period drama” cu suspansul psihologic.

Recenzii

Beautifully written,Hope Adams has woven together an epic sea voyage with an intriguing murder mystery to make an unputdownable read
A gorgeous and compelling story with vibrant characters.I was fascinated by the novel's inspiration and the real life story of the Rajah Quilt
Anintriguing murder-mystery, skilfully writtenandbursting with colour and life
A fabulous book with a fascinating premise. A murder mystery drives the story, but it's the characters who keep you entranced as, in the confined space of a long sea voyage, these feisty inventive women negotiate each other and their new world. I loved it
Afascinating prose patchworkof the women's lives, stitched together by atwisting murder mystery. Engrossing and deeply satisfying- over the course of the journey we learn about thedesperate lives of these women,manyguilty only of petty crimes
Iso enjoyed this.It evokes an era when justice was cruel, but also how the creation of something like a quilt gave hope and substance to existence.A terrific read
Dazzling. Adams takes the fascination history of a convict ship andbrings it to life in a captivating story filled with intrigue and dark secrets. Animmensely satisfying tale of guilt, innocent and second chances
Well-written, engaging and thoroughly compelling.I love it whenforgotten historiesare brought to light, and touch the reader so that theyimmediately want to know more
A gripping exploration of female solidarity in a time of crisisand claustrophobia. Hope Adams sets the grubby injustices of a misogynistic legal system againstthe beauty of creating a work of art and, through that art, stitching together an unlikely community
Hope Adams has skilfully patched a murder mystery into a historical event . . . Masterful plotting, well-drawn characters, and a plausible balance of despair for what was left behind and optimism for what lies ahead add up to an immensely satisfying read
Adams disguises a social-history lesson on women's rights as a gripping period drama and we're here for it
Afabulous, page-turningnovel that kept megripped. Bringing togethermurder, convictsandpatchwork quilting- all aboard a ship bound for Australia - it's impossible not to becomeengaged with these women and their individual plights- especially once everyone becomes a suspect
A ship of convict women - all with their secrets - on the way to a new life in a new land, but facing danger all the way -this is a locked room mystery to end all locked room mysteries!
A fine story of suspense, sisterhood and society, reflecting the harshness of women's lives and their desperation to survive in a world that has scant regard for their wellbeing
Apage-turning murder mysteryand arichly-drawn tale of women caught up in a male-dominated world, hoping for a better life. Descriptions of the poorer class of women in Victorian England aremovingandevocative, the period detailsterrifically well-researched.I feltI was on that transport shipwith those women,facing the stormsandliving their joys and sorrows
Combines historical fiction with tremendously gripping entertainment. Who on a ship of convicted women sailing from London to Tasmania is a murderer?
A truly engrossing historical 'locked room' thriller
Amust-read for lovers of fearless historical fiction, and an examination of the shocking treatment of women in our not-too distant past
Nerves fray, alliances form, and love blooms in this fast paced, well-written novel. This is a great page-turner!
A historical episode artfully adapted in a tale thatoffers glimmers of hope for women discarded by society
Wonderful, evocative, moving and suspenseful
Avivid, cleverly-crafted mysterythat will keep the reader turning the pages
It's a fantastically exciting story, and a wonderful novel.There is so much more going on, on theRajah, in this unity of women, than a simple love story
Transforms an actual 19th-century sea voyage of female convicts into astriking drama. The ship's young matron chooses a group to sew a presentation quilt, but near their destination, someone stabs one of the quilters.Evocative sketches of those on board reveal the realities of poor women's lives - readers will be rewarded
A murder mystery with a great twist at the end . . . Gripping
Dangerous Womenis a successful blend of two genres:a historical novel, inspired by real events, and a murder mystery with a great twist at the end. By the time I was halfway through I was completely gripped, and couldn't put it down
An enthralling narrative . . . lays bare the painful lives of these women, far from their homes and loved ones, and feeling the brutal weight of the law
Thisatmosphericnarrativeexcelsin its depiction of therelationship between female prisoners- largely petty criminals - and thetragic backstoriesthat havebrought them together
Packed with atmosphere . . . a terrific read
A very fine novel- and, like the quilt it celebrates,a work of love
Utterly compellingand asfinely wroughtas the patchwork quilt that inspired the story
Fascinating. Gives women without one a voice - a storming read
A compelling, immersivebook thatdeftly weaves its beauty and pathos.I'm still thinking about it
Anenthrallingstory,inspiredbytrue events
A secret murder on a convict ship transporting women to Australia in 1841 . . .this is an intriguing story, with its root embedded in facts
Intriguing . . . [Hope Adams] can stitch a great story
In vivid detail, Hope Adams illuminates life in convict quarters on a stinking, storm-soaked ship, and delves into the lives of individual women and the small tragedies that have condemned them to be sent far away, with little hope of return
A well-paced page-turner illuminating a forgotten story that reminds us how far we have come
Pulls you into the heart of its story,whilecelebrating redemption, rehabilitation and the good in people.All set to the backdrop of atruly fascinating slice of history
Historical events and characters are cleverly blended into a thought-provoking tale
Adams disguises a social-history lesson on women's rights as a gripping period drama

Descriere scurtă

The compelling, gorgeously atmospheric tale of female friendship, redemption and betrayal, inspired by the incredible true story of female convicts at sea

'Beautifully written, an epic sea voyage with an intriguing murder mystery . . . an unputdownable read'KATIE FFORDE

'I was thoroughly entranced by the story, and the great murder mystery kept me guessing throughout. A real joy to read'5***** Reader Review

'A gorgeous and compelling story with vibrant characters . . . I was fascinated'RACHEL HORE
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London, 1841.

TheRajahsails for Australia.

On board are 180 women convicted of petty crimes, sentenced to start a new life half way across the world.

Daughters, sisters, mothers - they'll never see home or family again. Despised and damned, all they have now is each other.

Until the murder.

As the fearful hunt for a killer begins, everyone on board is a suspect.

The investigation risks tearing their friendships apart . . .

But if the killer isn't found, could it cost them their last chance of freedom?

Based on a real-life voyage,Dangerous Womenis a sweeping tale of confinement, hope and the terrible things we do to survive.
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'Afascinating prose patchworkof the women's lives, stitched together by atwisting murder mystery.Engrossinganddeeply satisfying- over the course of the journey we learn about thedesperate lives of these women, manyguilty only of petty crimes'The Times

'Hope Adams has skilfully patched a murder mystery into a historical event . . . Masterful plotting, well-drawn characters . . . an immensely satisfying read'Guardian

'A fine story of suspense, sisterhood and society, reflecting the harshness of women's lives and their desperation to survive in a world that has scant regard for their wellbeing'Daily Mail

'An intriguing murder-mystery, skilfully written and bursting with colour and life'Lucy Atkins, author ofMagpie Lane

'Dazzling. A captivating story filled with intrigue and dark secrets. An immensely satisfying tale of guilt, innocent and second chances'Emma Rous, author ofThe Au Pair

'A fabulous, page-turning novel that kept me gripped. It's impossible not to become engaged with these women'Jane Harris, author ofThe Observations

'This is a locked room mystery to end all locked room mysteries!'Sophie Bennett, author ofThe Windsor Knot

'This atmospheric narrative excels in its depiction of the relationship between female prisoners - largely petty criminals - and the tragic backstories that have brought them together'Mail on Sunday

Notă biografică

Hope Adams was born in Jerusalem and spent her early childhood in many different countries, including Nigeria and British North Borneo. She now lives near Cambridge. She has written books for children and adults as Adèle Geras.