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“Put me out with the bins”
https://looneybooks79.blog/2024/08/21/strange-sally-diamond/
Thomas Diamond had said to Sally: “Put me out with the bins. When I die, put me out with the bins. I’ll be dead, so I won’t know the difference.” So that’s what Sally Diamond did. She put him with the trash and tried to incinerate her (adoptive) father. Little did she know that is not the way it works and when people find out they are shocked. The little Irish town of Roscommon is now all over the news, when it appears that Sally is actually Mary Norton, the daughter of a paedophilic kidnapper, Conor Geary, and his victim Denise Norton. Sally’s world is turned upside down. But at the same time a new complete world is opening up to her. But Sally is strange, naive, introverted and not so world-wise… so she has a lot to learn about the ways things go.
But Conor Geary has left more than a daughter in this world. Someone else, at the other end of the globe, has a connection to the man and Sally! His story however is even worse and more shattering than that of Sally. And are the sins of the father transferred to his children or does nurture change a lot?
And then there’s the question who that strange man is that tries to wriggle his way into her life. What are his motivations and why is he trying to become so close to Sally?
This is a dark, twisted thriller and has become a 2024 favourite in a short amount of time! As dark as the story is, as light the character of Sally is, she is naive but also very endearing and you sympathise with the girl from the start, even though her actions are sometimes weird. But the real darkness in this story comes from the story of how Sally was taken in by the Diamond’s, her mother’s and father’s and of course the rest of this twisted family!
In April 2023 Sara Cox and her guests in the BBC show, ‘Between the Covers’ (season 6, episode 4) this book was talked about and praised and ever since I watched that episode I’ve been wanting to read this book. Thanks to the bookclub Twist and Tale I finally bought it and read it, without a single regret! I even plan on reading ‘Lying in wait’ real soon now that I know I love Liz’ writing so much. (Lucky for me I was given a copy of that book by the Dutch publisher)
Strange Sally Diamond is a true gem, a dark but fun decent into the mind of a dysfunctional family, spread out over the globe! As Sara Cox said: “I just love it so much.”
Thomas Diamond had said to Sally: “Put me out with the bins. When I die, put me out with the bins. I’ll be dead, so I won’t know the difference.” So that’s what Sally Diamond did. She put him with the trash and tried to incinerate her (adoptive) father. Little did she know that is not the way it works and when people find out they are shocked. The little Irish town of Roscommon is now all over the news, when it appears that Sally is actually Mary Norton, the daughter of a paedophilic kidnapper, Conor Geary, and his victim Denise Norton. Sally’s world is turned upside down. But at the same time a new complete world is opening up to her. But Sally is strange, naive, introverted and not so world-wise… so she has a lot to learn about the ways things go.
But Conor Geary has left more than a daughter in this world. Someone else, at the other end of the globe, has a connection to the man and Sally! His story however is even worse and more shattering than that of Sally. And are the sins of the father transferred to his children or does nurture change a lot?
And then there’s the question who that strange man is that tries to wriggle his way into her life. What are his motivations and why is he trying to become so close to Sally?
This is a dark, twisted thriller and has become a 2024 favourite in a short amount of time! As dark as the story is, as light the character of Sally is, she is naive but also very endearing and you sympathise with the girl from the start, even though her actions are sometimes weird. But the real darkness in this story comes from the story of how Sally was taken in by the Diamond’s, her mother’s and father’s and of course the rest of this twisted family!
In April 2023 Sara Cox and her guests in the BBC show, ‘Between the Covers’ (season 6, episode 4) this book was talked about and praised and ever since I watched that episode I’ve been wanting to read this book. Thanks to the bookclub Twist and Tale I finally bought it and read it, without a single regret! I even plan on reading ‘Lying in wait’ real soon now that I know I love Liz’ writing so much. (Lucky for me I was given a copy of that book by the Dutch publisher)
Strange Sally Diamond is a true gem, a dark but fun decent into the mind of a dysfunctional family, spread out over the globe! As Sara Cox said: “I just love it so much.”
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