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Jennifer McVeigh
Goodreads Author
Born
in London, The United Kingdom
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March 2012
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/jennifermcveigh
A Rabbit Warren of Research...
The Fever Tree took me down a rabbit warren of research – a world of dust, diamonds and disease. I began with an idea: what was life like for the British on the diamond fields of South Africa? Who were the men and women who went out there? What kind of lives did they lead? And what moral codes were they bound by? My journey started in the British Library, reading books on the history of South Afri
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The Fever Tree
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2012
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42 editions
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Leopard at the Door
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2017
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14 editions
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The Fever Tree Free Preview
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2013
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“He is leaving a trail of golden thread, and later, in the quiet of my room, I will stitch it into a tapestry that will bind me to my past.”
― Leopard at the Door
― Leopard at the Door
“There is always a betrayal," he says. "We all have to let something go-in order to be free."
I lean my head back against his shoulder and shut my eyes. To be free. Is that what I am? Free?
"Who have you betrayed?" I ask.
"I have betrayed so many people that for a long time I did not know myself."
"Tell me."
"I used to wash dishes in the kitchen, before you were born. I remember the brown ceramic sink, propped up on stilts. The tap leaked, a constant dripping of water. Over the years it had made a small dip in the ceramic, rough to touch. One day I came in and a small crack had spread itself across the sink. Eventually it would be two halves. That was how it was with me.”
― Leopard at the Door
I lean my head back against his shoulder and shut my eyes. To be free. Is that what I am? Free?
"Who have you betrayed?" I ask.
"I have betrayed so many people that for a long time I did not know myself."
"Tell me."
"I used to wash dishes in the kitchen, before you were born. I remember the brown ceramic sink, propped up on stilts. The tap leaked, a constant dripping of water. Over the years it had made a small dip in the ceramic, rough to touch. One day I came in and a small crack had spread itself across the sink. Eventually it would be two halves. That was how it was with me.”
― Leopard at the Door
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