The Silk House

Zavorazhivayushchaya istoriya zagadochnoy shkoly-internata, hranyashchey mnogovekovuyu taynu… 2019 god. Avstraliyskaya uchitel‘nica istorii Teya Rast priezzhaet v elitnuyu shkolu-internat v Oksli. Ey predstoit prismatrivat‘ za pervym potokom devochek za vsyu 150-letnyuyu istoriyu uchebnogo zavedeniya. Vmeste s yunymi vospitannicami Teyu selyat v Dom shelka, gde teni proshlogo skryvayut gorazdo bol‘she mrachnyh sekretov, chem ona mogla sebe predstavit‘. 1768 god. CHetyrnadcatiletnyaya Rouen Kezvell ustraivaetsya gornichnoy v Dom torgovca shelkom v provincial‘nom, no bogatom gorodke Oksli. Vskore ona obretaet slavu mestnoy znaharki. Tol‘ko v Anglii XVIII veka eshche slishkom sil‘ny otgoloski ohoty na ved‘m, chtoby lyudi mogli ostavit‘ devushku v pokoe… V eto zhe vremya, v Londone, Meri-Luiza Stivenson mechtaet stat‘ hudozhnicey po shelku, sozdavaya neveroyatnye risunki iz yadovityh cvetov purpurnoy belladonny, pyatnistoy naperstyanki, alyh makov i prelestnogo akonita. Odin otrez takoy tkani zhenshchina provozit v Oksli, ne podozrevaya, chto temnaya energiya ee uzora uzhe vybrala sebe pervuyu zhertvu… _________________________________________________________ «Izyskanno napisannaya, eta yarkaya istoriya mozhet okoldovat‘ vas». — Woman «Sovershenno zavorazhivayushchiy». — Natasha Lester, avtor bestsellerov New York Times «Plavno perekhodya ot proshlogo k nastoyashchemu i ispol‘zuya moshchnye povestvovatel‘nye golosa trekh ochen‘ raznyh zhenshchin, Nann sozdaet potryasayushchuyu atmosferu… Mnogosloynaya i nasyshchennaya neizvestnost‘yu istoriya o privideniyah, polnaya figur, teney, nezemnoy muzyki, skripov v nochi i bespokoynyh duhov». — Lancashire Post