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The Small Hand: Two Novels, Including Dolly (2013)

by Susan Hill(Favorite Author)

3.55 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0345806662 (ISBN13: 9780345806666)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Vintage

review 1: Both of these ghost stories set in contemporary England concern an unusual, perhaps haunted, house. The first concerns a man who feels the presence of an invisible small hand, like that of a child, in his own when he accidentally comes across a house when lost in the countryside and which he then continues to feel over and over again. The other involves two cousins, a boy and a girl, who spend a summer at a distant aunt's house and the gift of a doll for the girl given by the aunt in a failed attempt to bring her out of a continuous bad mood. As the plots in each thicken you will not want to stop reading until all is revealed.
review 2: Composed of two novellas, this one was interesting. The first story, The Small Hand is pretty much by the numbers. It is, h... moreowever, very well written. The second story, Dolly, is a whole different kettle of fish. If you go into this story expecting the tired old trope of a "devil doll" ala Chucky you will be extremely disappointed. It may just be one of the most original doll centric stories to date. less

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