Dot

Araminta Hall

May 2013 · Sold by HarperCollins UK

About this ebook

The remarkable new novel from the bestselling author of Everything and Nothing

‘An emotionally compelling and deeply moving novel – I loved it’ Daisy Goodwin

In a higgledy-piggledy house with turrets and tunnels towering over the sleepy Welsh village of Druith, two girls play hide and seek. They don’t see its grandeur or the secrets locked behind doors they cannot open. They see lots of brilliant places to hide.

Squeezed under her mother’s bed, pulse racing with the thrill of a new hiding place Dot sees something else: a long-forgotten photograph of a man, his hair blowing in the breeze. Dot stares so long at the photograph the image begins to disintegrate before her eyes, and as the image fades it is replaced with one thought: ‘I think it’s definitely him.’

DOT is the story of one little girl and how her one small action changes the lives of those around her for ever.

Ratings and reviews

Finished it, but wish I'd never started it. Flashes of the past and irrelevant futures. Not really about Dot, more about everyone in the village.

Blah blah blah & ho hum

Touching.

About the author

Araminta Hall has worked as a journalist since 1994 at some of Emap's biggest titles, including Bliss Magazine and New Woman. Since 2000 she has freelanced for a variety of magazines and national newspapers. She lives in Brighton with her husband and three children.