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I have waited and you have come

By Matine McDonagh
Published by Myriad Editions
ISBN 978-0-9549309-2-4
Summer 2010

Synopsis

After the storm, Rachel is left to fend for herself. Living amid a clutch of disparate communities whose inhabitants she chooses to avoid, she rarely ventures beyond the safety of the storm wall. But when Jez White disturbs her twilight existence, Rachel finds herself in a murky territory somewhere between stalking and being stalked. This is a story of survival and obsession. A complex psychological portrait framed by compelling drama, it is by turns sensual, poignant and sinister

Author's Biography

Martine McDonagh has worked in the music industry for 25 years. This is her first novel. An extract from her second novel, From the Doghouse, is published in The Brighton Book.

Reviews

“An exquisitely crafted début novel set in a post-apocalyptic landscape... I'm rationing myself to five pages per day in order to make it last.”  Guardian Unlimited
 
“It paints an all-too-convincing picture of life in the rural Midlands in the middle of this century – cold and stormy, with most modern conveniences long-since gone, and with small, mainly self-sufficient, communities struggling to maintain a degree of social order. It is very atmospheric and certainly leaves an indelible imprint on the psyche.” BBC Radio 4 Open Book:
 
£6.99   Paperback
 

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Reader Comments

Great sense of a person, a place and a situation - really absorbing.
love the book from the first page to the end!
I loved this book! and the subject matter is so relevant, it would be a great film...
Creating an incredibly strong atmosphere, hard to forget.
Very vivid and engaging
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