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The Dust Never Settles
2021
First Published
3.58
Average Rating
401
Number of Pages

'I have seen ghosts. They will not rest. The whispers of the past are all around...' Anaïs Echeverría is returning to Lima to sell her ancestral home, the notorious 'yellow house' that looms over the sprawling capital below, its history woven into the fabric of the city. But concealed within its walls are spectres from the past that demand her attention, the echoing voices of the family who lived in this grand home, and the injustices on which both the country and the house were built. In Lima, where elapsed time coats every surface like a layer of fine dust, these ghosts will not rest until the sins of the past are atoned for. And, while Anaïs comes to terms with her history, the present threatens to overwhelm her. Pregnant, nervous and alone, what begins as an uneasy homecoming soon becomes a reckoning with secrets that refuse to stay buried. Perfect for fans of Isabel Allende and Kazuo Ishiguro, this hauntingly beautiful debut will seduce, entice and mesmerise.

Avg Rating
3.58
Number of Ratings
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Author

Karina Lickorish Quinn
Karina Lickorish Quinn
Author · 2 books
Karina Lickorish Quinn is a Peruvian-British writer who grew up between the English Midlands, Lima and New York. Her fiction, essays and translations have been published in diverse literary journals including The Offing, Asymptote, the Journal of Latina Critical Feminism, Palabritas, and Longitudines.
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