Stitch by perfect stitch, Andrew Garvie makes exquisite dolls in the
finest antique style. Like him, they are diminutive, but graceful,
unique and with surprising depths. Perhaps that's why he answers the
enigmatic personal ad in his collector's magazine.
Letter by letter, Bramber Winters reveals more of her strange,
sheltered life in an institution on Bodmin Moor, and the terrible
events that put her there as a child. Andrew knows what it is to be
trapped; and as they knit closer together, he weaves a curious plan to
rescue her.
On his journey through the old towns of England he reads the
fairytales of Ewa Chaplin — potent, eldritch stories which, like her
lifelike dolls, pluck at the edges of reality and thread their way
into his mind. When Andrew and Bramber meet at last, they will have a
choice — to remain alone with their painful pasts or break free and,
unlike their dolls, come to life.
This week's book is The Dollmaker by Nina Allan and we'll not be meeting at The Fletcher Moss on William Street in Didsbury — contact us for details.
