The Taking of Irene Hart

1859. Somerset, England. When widow Hester Travis decides to sign over all her family''s worldly goods - and their freedom - to a secretive religious community, her daughters, headstrong Ruby and fragile Irene, have little say in the matter. Led by the charismatic Reverend Prince, the women enter a world with its own set of rules and where Irene, cursed with seizures and ill health, is believed to have second sight. But as Hester and Irene are drawn into the community''s twisted philosophy, Ruby detects a darker truth stalking its shadowy corners. When a shocking discovery throws the community open to scrutiny, the stakes are raised and Ruby realises that it is not only their souls that must be saved ...

Product details

• Authors: Madeleine Moor, Madeleine Reiss, Reiss Madeleine
• Publisher: One More Chapter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 13.02.2025
• EAN: 9780008614232
• ISBN: 978-0-00-861423-2
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Romance, Sagas, FICTION / Sagas, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Family Life / General, English, FICTION / Romance / Suspense, FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, FICTION / Romance / Later in Life, 21st Century, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Contemporary lifestyle fiction, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Fiction: general and literary, Relating to middle adulthood, Saga fiction (family / generational sagas), marriage;relationships;love;birth;death;grief;secrets;lies