Books with author Sarah Waterfield

“Gothic tale, psychological study, puzzle narrative…This is gripping, astute fiction that feeds the mind and senses.”—The Seattle Times An upper-class woman recovering from a suicide attempt, Margaret Prior has begun visiting the women’s ward of Millbank prison, Victorian London’s grimmest jail, as part of her rehabilitative charity work. Amongst Millbank’s murderers and common thieves, Margaret finds herself increasingly fascinated by on apparently innocent inmate, the enigmatic spiritualist Selina Dawes. Selina was imprisoned after a séance she was conducting went horribly awry, leaving an elderly matron dead and a young woman deeply disturbed. Although initially skeptical of Selina’s gifts, Margaret is soon drawn into a twilight world of ghosts and shadows, unruly spirits and unseemly passions, until she is at last driven to concoct a desperate plot to secure Selina’s freedom, and her own.As in her noteworthy deput, Tipping the Velvet, Sarah Waters brilliantly evokes the sights and smells of a moody and beguiling nineteenth-century London, and proves herself yet again a storyteller, in the words of the New York Times Book Review, of "startling power."

Named Author of the Year at the 2003 British Book Awards, Sarah Waters is the author of Tipping the Velvet a New York Times Notable Book. Once inside the concrete walls of Millbank Prison, Margaret Prior, hired to speak with the female inmates, becomes all too aware that what she perceives to be reality may not be so. Bringing new ideas to her mind is the beautiful, but dangerous criminal Selina Dawes.

Robin the elf worries too much about himself, so much so, that he doesn’t realise he is the same as every other elf. Beautifully illustrated by Sarah Waterfield, Rosita Bird's charming and entertaining little story carries an important life lesson for children. Robin is a shy and self conscious elf who worries about the button on his tummy. He schemes to get rid of it, not realising its importance. Imagine his surprise when he discovers that all the other elves have one too! This book is dedicated to all those who sometimes have problems accepting themselves the way they are.