The Stopped Heart by Julie Myerson
After a couple moves to a remote country cottage to rebuild their lives following a devastating loss, they encounter unsettling phenomena tied to the land’s violent past. The story weaves a present-day struggle with grief and marital strain together with a 19th-century tale of a naive farm girl and the charismatic stranger whose arrival leads to seduction, cruelty, and tragedy. As secrets resurface and the past bleeds into the present, the line between haunting and psychological breakdown blurs, threatening to unravel everyone involved.
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- Published
- 2016
- Nationality
- British
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 380-390
- Original Language
- English
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