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A Touch of Mistletoe
Vet's Daughter
Barbara Comyns' witty and touching classic The Vet's Daughter tells the story of Alice, a young woman from Edwardian south London who is gripped by strange and mysterious powers.
Our Spoons Came from Woolworths
Barbara Comyns' delightful classic novel set in bohemian 1930s London with an introduction by Maggie O'Farrell.
The Juniper Tree
Bella Winter has hit a low. Homeless and jobless, she is the mother of a toddler by a man whose name she didn't quite catch, and her once pretty face is disfigured by the scar she …
Sisters by a River
Barbara Comyns' classic first novel weaves a vivid and funny tale of a chaotic and ultimately tragic childhood on the banks of the River Avon.
House of Dolls
Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead
Strange things are afoot in the English village where the Willoweed family live. Unnatural floods usher in dead peacocks and ducks, soon followed by an ominous wave of …
The Vet's Daughter
The Vet's Daughter combines shocking realism with a visionary edge. The vet lives with his bedridden wife and shy daughter Alice in a sinister London suburb. He works constantly, …
Juniper Tree
Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead
"Comyns' novel is deranged in ways that shouldn't be disclosed." --Ben Marcus This is the story of the Willoweed family and the English village in which they live. It begins …
The Vet's Daughter
'A small Gothic masterpiece... I have read it many times, and with every re-read I marvel again at its many qualities - its darkness, its strangeness, its humour, its sadness, its …