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Hebe, who also struggles to fit in,
feels drawn to the silent people and yet, 'I could hardly bear to watch them
sometimes, knowing what I did about their plight...' She
is haunted by memories of Silas, the 'wild dodder boy' who
befriended her when she was a child in Dodder's Well. She
lost touch with him after a disastrous flood and is always watching the
river in the hope of seeing him again.
Now, returning to her childhood haunts, she finds his home is under threat... Read more There is a saying, 'he who finds the root of the dodder will become possessed of boundless wealth and of the power of invisibility.' Read reviews About the dodder plant Silent People : Hearing the Call of the Dodder is published by Troubador Publishers Ltd and is available in hardback and paperback from all good bookshops and on numerous websites, including Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk (Hardback click here Softback click here ) |
 'A
haunting
tale that echoes
in the mind long after the book has been put down.' Judie Newman, Fellow of the English Association |
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