Fifteen Wild Decembers

"'""Karen Powell's debut novel, The River Within, was a tale of class, grief and love set in 1950s Yorkshire. Her second travels further back into that county's past and revisits the lives of its most famous writing family, the Brontes. The story of moorland isolation, early deaths and burgeoning creativity is a familiar one, but Powell, with Emily as her first-person narrator, gives it new energy, capturing the vulnerability of the three sisters and their determination to make the most of their talents.""' - The Sunday Times '""Emily Bronte, vividly reimagined. Karen Powell powerfully envisions the writer's life and the transfiguring intensity of her art. With Fifteen Wild Decembers, Powell has served her heroine loyally.""' - Financial Times '""Powell summons the spirit of Emily with real finesse, in all her disdain for the world and her devotion to home and hearth.""' - Independent on Sunday (Ireland~) ' Enthralling. ' - Victoria Hislop ' ""What an astonishing book. Compelling, atmospheric and raw. I feel I've had the extraordinary privilege of befriending Emily Bronte centuries after she walked this earth. A beautifully intimate portrayal that transportedme right into the heart of her life and world. And what's so clever about Karen Powell's writing is that the story stands just as powerfully on its own merit without knowledge of Emily Bronte's life and work. Bravo! Exceptional!"" ' - Ruth Jones, actress and comedian '' -"