"I've confessed to everything and I'd like to be hanged. Now, if you please." From those arresting first lines to the very last word, readers will find themselves enthralled by year-old Briony as she spins a tale of guilt, mystery, betrayal and, above all, love. Briony lives at the literal end of the line in the Swampsea with her developmentally delayed twin sister, Rose, and her clergyman Author: Franny Billingsley. Chime by Franny Billingsley is one of those books I discovered on Goodreads and immediately knew I'd love based on the synopsis (and the gorgeous cover). Briony has a guilty secret - she is a witch. A witch who has destroyed her family: she blames herself for her sister's mental disability, her home being victim to both fire and flood and the death of her stepmother/5(K). · Billingsley creates a consistently complex fantasy world that steps just beyond the familiar into wonder Breathtakingly imaginative, with an earthy magic that grounds it in passion, this is sophisticated fantasy from a powerful pen.
Chime by Franny Billingsley. If Tender Morsels had a love child with Madapple, and My Sweet Audrina was the midwife, it might turn out looking like Franny Billingsley's crazy good new fantasy, CHIME. It's sometime in the nineteen aughts, and seventeen-year-old Briony, daughter of a rural clergyman, is convinced she's a witch. Chime (Hardcover) By Franny Billingsley. $ ISBN: Availability: Hard to Find. This book may be unable to order. Published: Dial Books - March 17th, Add to Wish List. Facebook Twitter Pinterest. Title: Chime Author: Franny Billingsley Genre: Fantasy/YA Publisher: Dial (US)/ Bloomsbury PLC (UK) Publication date: March (US) / April (UK) Hardcover: pages Before Briony's stepmother died, she made sure Briony blamed herself for all the family's hardships. Now Briony has worn her guilt for so long it's become a second skin. She often escapes to the swamp, where she tells.
Franny Billingsley (www.doorway.ru) is the award-winning author of four books, including The Folk Keeper—winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for fiction—and Chime, which received six starred reviews and was a National Book Award finalist. A graduate of Tufts University and the Boston University School of Law, Franny left the practice of law to write full-time and hasn't yet looked back. Chime is a young adult fantasy novel by Franny Billingsley. The book was published by Dial on Ma. Chime was selected as a finalist in the National Book Award for Young People's Literature. The book was also selected as one of Publisher Weekly's Best Books of and was one of the American Library Association's Best Fiction picks for both the audiobook and hardback. Billingsley creates a consistently complex fantasy world that steps just beyond the familiar into wonder Breathtakingly imaginative, with an earthy magic that grounds it in passion, this is sophisticated fantasy from a powerful pen.
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