The Visitors

(Paperback)

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Imagine if you couldn't see

couldn't hear

couldn't speak...

Then one day somebody took your hand and opened up the world to you.

Adeliza Golding is a deaf-blind girl, born in late Victorian England on her father's hop farm. Unable to interact with her loving family, she exists in a world of darkness and confusion; her only communication is with the ghosts she speaks to in her head, who she has christened the Visitors. One day she runs out into the fields and a young hop-picker, Lottie, grabs her hand and starts drawing shapes in it. Finally Liza can communicate.

Her friendship with her teacher and with Lottie's beloved brother Caleb leads her from the hop gardens and oyster beds of Kent to the dusty veldt of South Africa and the Boer War, and ultimately to the truth about the Visitors.

Reviews

The Visitors may be Mascull's first novel, but she writes with the fluency and dexterity of a born writer, deftly

crafting an engrossing story that imbues her characters with tangible sensitivity, warmth and humanity. - Sydney Morning Herald

The story of Liza's discovery of words, the thrill of her and Lottie's first signed conversation, is movingly told - Jennifer Byrne for Australian Women's Weekly

THE VISITORS is a tale of friendship and heartbreak..reminiscent of Geraldine Brooks. A fine achievement for a debut novel. - Culture Street

...nothing outshines this author's masterful portrayal of a child who lives with and overcomes multiple disabilities. - Good Reading, National

Author Bio

Rebecca Mascull is the author of THE VISITORS and SONG OF THE SEA MAID. She has previously worked in education, has a Masters in Writing and lives by the sea in the east of England. Visit her website rebeccamascull.tumblr.com.