![]() ![]() She is permanently furious, which Ebin attributes as follows: In 1911 Emma, Dennis and Hattie live with their father Ebin and their grandmother who rules with a rod of iron. Much as I could have done without the litany of death, it sets the tone for the darkness that follows. Then follows pages of dead animals, which I was prepared for, having read Jacqui’s wonderful review but I was exceedingly relieved when it ended (unfortunately there was also a horrible cat death later). The Willoweed family live in an English village where the river has just flooded in June. ![]() ![]() Thus the scene is set for an unsettling domestic tale where nothing can be taken for granted. “The ducks swam through the drawing-room windows.” The opening line of Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead may have usurped The Crow Road* to become my favourite beginning to a novel ever: ![]()
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