Synopsis
The story follows Orla, whose husband insists the Reeve, a grand but dilapidated house on the edge of the Dorset cliffs, will be a perfect place to raise their son and daughter. Forty years earlier, Lydia moves to Dorset with the wealthy family she nannies for, a household grieving the recent loss of their patriarch. Sleeping up in a distant attic room, Lydia begins to hear
and feel things that cannot possibly be real. Both Orla and Lydia come to realize that the Reeve is ahouse which needs a lot of attention from its occupants, and sometimes it needs more even than that.
3 reasons why you should adapt this book into a TV series:
– For its horrific effectiveness
– For the intensity and strength of the story
– For its characterisation of the characters
Author
Author
Born in Cork, Ireland, Kate Collins has spent her career in trade and academic publishing. A student of literature and medieval history, she studied at Lancaster University and went on to complete a Master’s degree there in contemporary literature, specialising in the novels of John Irving. She lives in Oxfordshire.
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