# The Awakenings

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- Book: [The Awakenings](https://www.bookquiver.com/sarah-maine/the-awakenings) ([The Awakenings.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/sarah-maine/the-awakenings.md))
- Authors: [Sarah Maine](https://www.bookquiver.com/sarah-maine)
- Publisher: hodder_stoughton
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-15-2938-513-7
- Published: 2022-03-17
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

An immersive and compelling novel that explores the struggle by two women, divided across centuries, for control over their lives, set against a beautiful historical backdrop. 'An echo of Daphne du Maurier' Independent A grieving woman . . . Yorkshire, 1890. Forced to exchange her childhood home for her uncle's vicarage after a tragic loss, Olwen Malkon finds herself trapped between her aunt's cruelty and the sinister advances of her cousin. A troubled past . . . When Olwen finds herself afflicted by strange dreams of a woman from a distant past, whose fate is overshadowed by menace and betrayal, those around her are determined to dismiss them as hysteria - except the local doctor, John, with whom she develops a connection. A long-buried secret . . . As the visions intensify, they begin to mirror reality, threatening to expose chilling secrets. What dangers lie ahead for Olwen, and does the past hold the key to her own future...?