Bone Lines by Stephanie Bretherton

Bone Lines by Stephanie Bretherton

“An accomplished debut.. one to watch,” Su Bristow, prize-winning author of Sealskin

“Opening up new worlds... what powerful fiction does best... Ambitious and brave yet effortlessly pulled off. This is a novel that can be appreciated on so many different levels. It had me rooting for two incredible women and kept me curious right through to a more than satisfying end. If you liked Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari... as if fictionalised and seen through the eyes of two fierce and admirable women.” 5/5 for Bone Lines from Sara Wingfield, book blogger at zerofiltersaurus.com

"A brilliant, genre-defying read, Bone Lines deftly unravels the wonder of oneness," Barbara Bos, Managing Editor, Women Writers, Women’s Books.

“Compelling... the story drew me in completely... a fascinating read,” Cheryl M-M, book blogger, mmcheryl.wordpress.com

“A monument to the timelessness of human nature, and a work of art...” – New Orbit magazine

“Gracefully written... a brave and moving adventure of the imagination” – Lindsay Clarke

Born in Hong Kong to a pair of Liverpudlians (and something of a nomad ever since), Stephanie is based in London but manages her sanity by escaping to any kind of coast. Before returning to her first love of writing fiction, Stephanie spent many years pursuing alternative forms of storytelling, from stage to screen and media to marketing. Meanwhile, an enduring love affair with words has led her down many a wormhole on the written page.

Drawn to what connects rather than separates, Stephanie is fascinated by the spaces between absolutes and opposites, between science and spirituality, nature and culture. This lifelong curiosity – and occasional conflict – has been channelled into her debut novel, Bone Lines, and into short stories, poems and various works in progress. This includes ideas for the continuation of the Children of Sarah series, of which Bone Lines is the first story.