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Miketroll was a much treasured Bookcrosser who sadly died in January 2015. His family have passed on his books to be released in his memory. Mike was passionate about books and thoroughly enjoyed spreading his love of reading by dispersing his books through the Bookcrossing community. Hopefully a little of that magic will continue to travel through your enjoyment of one of his books.

Releasing at the Ipswich Bookcrossing UnConvention.

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Got it from the book buffet at the Ipswich Unconvention. Thanks for sharing!

I enjoyed this atmospheric tale. It's a ghost story, but not a hugely scary one. Much is left up to reader to decide: what is real, what imagined? If anything, that is. Enjoyable indeed.

Taking it to the annual Convention in Mainz.

Ahhh, one of miketroll's books! We never met in person because he didn't make it to the Amsterdam convention in 2010 due to the blasted unpronounceable volcano, but I enjoyed getting to know him online, on BookCrossing and later on Facebook. If he thought this book was worth having, then I am inclined to trust his taste, though I didn't know it was his when I picked it up; I just recognised the author's name, Helen Dunmore. On to Mount TBR it goes, for how long, nobody knows.

Spooky, with great potential, but not as scary as I had expected. A young wife is left alone in a freezing cold house and begins to feel the presence of a young RAF pilot who died nearby, after finding an old greatcoat and using it to keep warm. The landlady clomping about upstairs is also used to add to the tension because we don't know what she's doing, but I didn't feel that we ever found her real backstory. Thinking back on reading it, I have some clear images in my mind, so I'm wondering if I ought to read it again.

I was surprised to see the British author Helen Dunmore using the American name fireweed instead of the British name Rosebay Willow Herb, but Wikipedia mentions that it is often referred to as ’local colour’ in post-war fiction, particularly in relation to bombing sites. Here it is next to a railway line and the Wikipedia article also mentioned that it is associated with railways because it seems to have been spread throughout the UK after the building of railway lines. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamaenerion_angustifolium

Dutch airer - an overhead clothes airer. I’ve never heard it referred to as ‘Dutch’. Interesting...

“Now she opened her eyes and saw the face of the airfield. It was not a ghost, or if it was one, then she was too. It had imprinted itself to deep for time to wipe the landscape clean.” (p.148)

Released during the wonderful Dutch BookCrossing meeting on the beach at Castricum-on-Sea.
This book has been released as part of the following BookCrossing challenges:
- The Ultimate Challenge - read and release books, with extra points for a monthly theme
- Reduce Mount TBR (To Be Read) - read and release books on the TBR list since before the end of the previous year.

What a lucky charm to pick up this book. I knew and adored bookcrosser Mike. Will show this link to his nice son.