If Dreams Should Die by Jill Clough

If Dreams Should Die by Jill Clough

Everyone dreams. Bird dreams she’s a musician. She plays to the trees in her dreamworld, Fae. At 15, she’s become a brilliant violinist with a promising career ahead. When she practises in front of the mirror in her bedroom, the trees appear, dancing behind her. It seems unnervingly real. One night she dreams of a red-headed boy with golden eyes, waiting in the forest, drawn by her music. Next day, exploring a quarry in the remote Lake District valley where she lives, the skin of Bird’s world peels open when the red-headed boy walks into the quarry. As she stares, his golden eyes turn hazel, he seems unable to recognise her, and she loses sight of him until he arrives at the cottage next door, with his mother. They’ve just moved in. He’s Tom, he’s 17, and for Bird it’s love at first sight. Although he won’t hold her hand, Tom plainly feels the same. He’s as human as she is. Then his mother deliberately touches Bird’s hand, leaving an agonising, invisible burn. Bird’s adversary is the Queen of Fae. She claims Tom is her son, she will defeat Bird and take him back. Bird’s musical powers will not save him, unless she finds another human child to take his place. There’s always the new baby in Bird’s family. He’s just been adopted by Bird’s aunt – another dream come true …

Jill Clough, after years as an English teacher/headteacher in secondary schools, returned to her first love, writing novels. Morph won the Lakeland Book of the Year Award for Fiction, 2019. Anna and the Snake Queen was then published in 2020. Jill lives in the Lake District using it as the settings for her books.

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ISBN 13	9781803131160
ISBN 10	1803131160
Title	If Dreams Should Die
Author	Jill Clough
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Troubador Publishing
Year published	2022-03-28
Number of pages	312
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.