THE FLOURISH
Every family has its secrets....

Award-winning author Heather Spears recreates the atmosphere of Victorian Scotland as she cracks the silence surrounding a murdered great aunt. With amazing authenticity, the novel gives voice to 'Chattie,' Miss Charlotte Spears of Annville, a music teacher and choir leader torn between duty and desire. Part historical fiction, part murder mystery, The Flourish brings to life a fascinating tale of an independent woman's adventures beside the River Clyde in the late 19th century.

Ekstasis Editions, 2003-2004 ISBN 1894800362 Box 8474, Main Postal Outlet, Victoria BC Canada V8W 3S1 Buy The Flourish at Amazon.

"The Flourish is amazingly real... a triumph... it rolls irresistably along – I couldn't put it down... it held me in an iron grip until I finished it... an elegantly understated painful tale!"
Jay Macpherson

"a whole lot better than good.... Spears has done a superb job of reconstructing Victorian Scotland... the essential authenticity of rural Scotland's hidebound morals." Margaret Cannon, The Globe and Mail, May 1, 2004

"With consummate skill and deep psychological insight, the author has breathed new life into the people, the scenery and the age."
"Part-fact, part-fiction, this is an outstanding novel. It held me in a velvet vice so that I could not rest until I reached its tragic climax. Unforgettable." Elizabeth Sutherland, The Scots Magazine, Summer 2004

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