The Unmaking of Ellie Rook by Sandra Ireland - crime/psycholigical thriller
(*Trigger warning* domestic abuse ) Ellie was in Vietnam when she got a phone call from home
saying something dreadful had happened. She arrives back to find her family adrift, other than
her father who wants to carry on as if everything is alright his typical approach to anything,
always acting as king of the scrap. Her brother River and his mother were walking by the
local waterfall which they know very well. River turned and suddenly his mother was gone.
The police have searched the local area, river,rocks and local sea area but nothing has been
found. Ellie lives on a scrapyard and her mother’s long time friend lives in a caravan on
site. Over the next few days Ellie remembers things from her past- Her first love Liam who
married her one time rival and they are now splitting. She also remembers her father’s
treatment of her mother and how she and Ellie were regarded as “his property”. A book
of life, of secrets and memories. Of traumas and how sometimes the littlest thing can
trigger something we thought we had completely forgotten. I wasn’t prepared for how
this would play out and the memories it triggered. There is nothing to put you off your
dinner but for anyone who has suffered abuse of any kind- please be aware- hence my
first few words. A dominant figure, a possible narcissist and the lengths some will go
to in order to escape. A book of hope and ultimately revenge.
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Blurb
A single phone call from halfway across the world is all it takes to bring her home . . . ‘Ellie, something bad has happened.’
Desperate to escape her ‘kid from the scrapyard’ reputation, Ellie Rook has forged a new life for herself abroad, but tragedy strikes when her mother, Imelda, falls from a notorious waterfall. Here, according to local legend, the warrior queen Finella jumped to her death after killing a king. In the wake of her mother’s disappearance, Ellie is forced to confront some disturbing truths about the family she left behind and the woman she has become. Can a long-dead queen hold the key to Ellie’s survival? And how far will she go to right a wrong?
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£8.99, paperback ISBN 9781846974823 Published JULY 2019
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