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In the late 1960s, hugo alton doted on nancy, his gorgeous and gregarious wife. Amber alton knows that the hours pass differently at black rabbit hall, her london familys cornish country house, where no two clocks read the same. Black rabbit hall is drawing a number of comparisons with the beloved novels of daphne du maurier, not least because of their shared setting in cornwall, but also because of a more generalized exploration of the links between a specific, evocative place and often devastating family history. Thirty years apart, two womens secrets unfold within black rabbit hall, a ramshackle ancestral home set in windswept cornwall. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. It is a dual time story set on an old english manor, beautifully done. Black rabbit hall is drawing a number of comparisons with the beloved novels of daphne du maurier, not least because of their shared setting in. Black rabbit hall by eve chase goodreads share book. Black rabbit summer by kevin brooks is a lot of things a portrait of haphazard teenage lives, a look at the shifting nature of friendships as you grow up, an unsettling study of the common. Vacations spent at black rabbit halla magical place where slates flying off the roof dont matter because. Black rabbit halls beautifully crafted mystery is a delight i.