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The Behaviour of Moths

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A stunning debut novel that reveals the insecurity and paranoia that sometimes exists within families.

Synopsis

From her lookout on the first floor, Ginny watches and waits for her younger sister to return to the crumbling mansion that was once their idyllic childhood home. Vivien has not set foot in the house since she left, forty-seven years ago; Ginny, the reclusive moth expert, has rarely ventured out.

She has been selling off the family furniture over the years, gradually shutting each wing of the house and retreating into the precise routines that define her days. Only the attic remains untouched. There, collected over several generations, the walls are lined with pinned and preserved moths… Bordered Beauties and Rusty Waves, Feathered Footmen and Great Brocades, the Gothic and the Stranger...

Now that Vivien is coming home, long forgotten memories are stirred up and the secrets that have separated the sisters threaten to disrupt much more than Ginny's carefully ordered world.

Told through Ginny's unforgettable voice, this brilliant debut novel tells us what families are capable of doing to each other - especially in the name of love.

About The Author

Poppy Adams is a documentary director/producer who has made films for the BBC, Channel 4 and The Discovery Channel. The Behaviour of Moths, her first novel, has been gaining excellent reviews from the national press.

Reviews and Press Quotes

Booklist

“A chilling contemporary gothic... This genuinely eerie thriller is guaranteed to appeal to the same wide readership that propelled Diane Setterfield's suspenseful The Thirteenth Tale to the top of the bestseller lists.”

Christina Hardyment, The Times

“I found listening to it enthralling as well as deeply unsettling... thanks to Sandra Duncan's performance. Her brittle, Cheltenham vowels are perfectly matched to the character of the evasive and deluded narrator. [With] the utterly brilliant matching of narrator to text... we feel we are listening to Ginny herself.”

The Daily Mail

“This is a dark book, but an extremely funny one, recalling Mark Haddon and Barbara Trapido by turns. A brilliantly paced debut.”

The Financial Times

“A striking debut novel... a convincing, true voice.”

The Literary Review

“Adams succeeds in carefully building up an atmosphere of penumbral suspense, creeping towards a tense climax.”

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Content Advisory

• Violence: Mild
• Sex: Mild
• Language: Mild