Rebecca james weaves an engaging and welldepicted tale. Rebecca james second thriller contains many of the features that made her first, beautiful malice, so popular. In fact if someone asked me when my last book came out id answer oh, just a few months ago. I think the situation changes once youre published, i think. Taut and intense, sweet damage is an addictive novel about vulnerability, obsession, and duplicity, with a modern gothic twist. Her first, beautiful malice, gained international success for its chilling story of twisted friendship. Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more. Sweet damage by rebecca james 9781742373010 qbd books. Rebecca james is the author of beautiful malice, sweet damage and the forthcoming cooper bartholomew is dead. However, id have trouble classing it as a mystery thriller, its more of a suspenseful romance, which is aimed towards a young adult audience.
Sweet damage i still dream about anna londons house. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. But in real life it wasnt the house that was responsible for. Rebecca james, author of cooper bartholomew is dead, beautiful malice and sweet damage epstein is an expert in the wellpaced unravelling of a mystery, and this novel is filled with edgeofyourseat tension. In australia, jamess novel is marketed as a young adult title, but this book is so much more. She has worked as a waitress, a kitchen designer, an english teacher in both indonesia and japan, a barmaid, and, most memorably, a minicab telephone operator in london. When strange and terrifying things start happening in the house at night, tim wonders if taking the room is a mistake. When tim ellison finds a cheap room to rent in the perfect location in sydney it looks like a huge stroke of luck. Rebecca james first novel, beautiful malice, was an international publishing sensation. Rebecca james books are available from booktopia, the leading online bookstore in australia. This rebecca james page has biography information, bestsellers, titles, books by series and other rebecca james information. Except patrick is not too happy about the situation and needs tim to move out. Something quite funny happens to your perception of time as. From the internationally bestselling author of beautiful malice comes a captivating novel of psychological suspense about love and friendship, loyalty and betrayalperfect for readers of s.
Sweet damage by rebecca james will be published by random house group bantam dell on 2 december 2014. A novel by rebecca james and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Sweet damage posted on july 5, 20 by rebecca james. Booktopia rebecca james books on the booktopia rebecca. Rebecca james is married with four young children all boys and until recently ran a kitchen design business with her husband. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. Delve into the psychology of a group of friends, and old enemies, where no one is what they seem, in this gripping novel from the author of beautiful malice and sweet damage. Sweet damage, by sensational australian author, rebecca james is a chilling and gripping twisted psychological thriller of obsession, friendship, and betrayal. A melodrama with a psychotic twist, sweet damage s distinctive voice is pale and unhappy anna london, who lives alone on the fairlight estate, a beautiful old sandstone and brick mansion that looks out over sydney harbor. Rebecca spent her early twenties working as a waitress, her late twenties teaching english in indonesia and japan, and most of her thirties. Rebecca james unveils a chilling modern gothic novel of a family consumed by the shadows and secrets of its past in the woman in the mirror. Rebecca spent her early twenties working as a waitress. Rebecca james is the author of beautiful malice, sweet damage, and cooper bartholomew is dead.
No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our favorite reads in more. James and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Rebecca james sweet damage extract free download as pdf file. Oct 29, 2014 sweet damage by rebecca james will be published by random house group bantam dell on 2 december 2014. Rebecca james is the author of beautiful malice, sweet damage, and the forthcoming cooper bartholomew is dead.
Rebecca with both sweet damage and cooper i did a lot. Sweet damage by rebecca james author craig baldwin narrator. The rest of the characters in the books are also developed well in the sense that the book explains their. Rebecca james captures the sheer horror and immense anxiety that comes with the condition perfectly. Its one of those books that makes you want to rush to the finish. Sweet damage has very much the look and feel of jamess previous novel beautiful malice even down to the relationship between the two female protagonists. Sweet damage by rebecca james 9781760112493 booktopia.
Praise for sweet damage as the feelings between tim and anna. Rebecca james worked in publishing for several years before leaving to write fulltime, and is now the author of several novels written under a pseudonym, as well as the woman in the mirror under her own name. The woman in the mirror audiobook, written by rebecca. Rebecca james born 1970 in sydney, australia is a writer of young adult fiction biography. Ep 34 rebecca james on high expectations, print books are. Rebecca james was born in sydney, australia, in 1970. Rebecca has worked as a waitress, a kitchen designer, an english teacher in both indonesia and japan, a barmaid, and most memorably a minicab telephoneoperator in london. James lives in canberra, australia, with her partner and their four sons.
I read this right after i read beautiful malice and was well and truly prepared for rebecca james writing style and the stories are very similar. This post was written by australian writers centre. The origin of islam is placed around 610 ce when muhammad, a highly spiritual. Islam, contains the teachings of the prophet that were revealed to him from allah. Marketed as young adult, sweet damage is the second novel from rebecca james delving into the nature of friendship and relationships in a way that works for older audiences as well. Sweet damage i think i preferred this to beautiful malice. Listen to unlimited audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. Rebecca james beautiful malice with a pageturning plot and characters that leap off the page, this is the story of an obsessive friendship and dark secrets that can no longer be hidden. I would like to include it in a literature circle collection for capable readers who enjoy the psychological thriller genre. Nov 30, 2014 rebecca james is the author of beautiful malice, sweet damage, and the forthcoming cooper bartholomew is dead. Buy a discounted paperback of sweet damage online from australias leading online bookstore. Sweet damage north central regional library overdrive. She was born in sydney and spent her early twenties working as a waitress, her late twenties teaching english in indonesia and japan, and most of her thirties having babies and working as a kitchen designer. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress.
A lot of time is spent on the characters and their relationships but they are built so well, this is what makes the story so. She has worked as a waitress, a kitchen designer, an english teacher in both indonesia and japan, a barmaid, and most memorably a minicab telephoneoperator in london. Twentysomething tim ellison is crashing at his exgirlfriend lilla and her boyfriend patricks place. Rebecca james unveils a chilling modern gothic novel of a family consumed by the shadows and secrets of its past in the woman in the mirror for more than two centuries, winterbourne hall has stood atop a bluff overseeing the english countryside of cornwall and the sea beyond. Something quite funny happens to your perception of time as you get older. Spending her lonely days plagued by agoraphobia and panic attacks, anna. She now lives in canberra, australia, with her partner and their four sons. In fact the room comes with a condition, and the owner of the house, the mysterious anna london, is unfriendly and withdrawn. In reality, the people who lived there did the damage. She spent her early twenties working as a waitress, her late twenties teaching english in indonesia and japan, and most of her thirties having babies and working as a kitchen designer. In sweet damage, tim, an easy going, twenty something kitchen hand who has been staying on his exgirlfriends couch since his return from an overseas trip. Rebecca lives in canberra with her partner and their four sons. Dec 02, 2014 rebecca james is the author of beautiful malice and sweet damage.
In the beginning there is this intrigue about who anna is and what happened to her, but even by the very end there are still elements of interest that make you want to keep reading. She grew up in numerous different places throughout australia including bourke, sydney, wellington and bathurst. Tim ellison feels lucky when he finds a cheap place to rent in his dream locat. In my dreams its as if the house itself has sinister intentions. Listen to sweet damage by rebecca james, craig baldwin for free with a 30 day free trial.
I like how the author manages to keep you interested all the way throughout the book. Join facebook to connect with rebecca james and others you may know. Ep 34 rebecca james on high expectations, print books are still winning, take criticism the right way, how to be a successful poet and more. Rebecca james is the author of beautiful malice and sweet damage. But then his feelings for anna start to change, and when her past comes back with a vengeance, tim is caught right in the middle of it. Sweet damage by rebecca james and craig baldwin audiobook. Fortunately, sweet damage is a fairly easy read so i ripped through it in a night.
Sweet damage isbn 9781742373010 pdf epub rebecca james. But in real life it wasnt the house that was responsible for what happened. Advanced reader copy received from publisher bantam via netgalley release date uk 2nd december 2014 view on amazon id never heard of rebecca james before but when i spotted this book on netgalley i was immediately attracted to the gothicstyle cover and the blurb intrigued me. This acclaimed book by rebecca james is available at in several formats for your ereader.
The tale is revealed mostly through tims point of view and readers experience his confusion, his growing interest in his room mate anna, and the slow burgeoning of his deep caring and respect for her. Sweet damage is the first book ive read that explores agoraphobia, a debilitating, traumatising and downright scary anxiety disorder that prevents the sufferer from being in public. Rebecca lives in australia with her partner and their four sons. Sweet damage by rebecca james book cover, description, publication history. Rebecca james sweet damage extract agoraphobia panic.
Things that go bump in the night add to the suspense in this cautionary tale of young adult friendships. The tension and suspense mount almost imperceptibly. Read sweet damage by rebecca james available from rakuten kobo. Sweet damage tells the story of tim ellison, a twentyish guy who is lounging around, not really doing anything with his life apart from working in his fathers restaurant. Praise for sweet damage as the feelings between tim and anna intensify, so do the weird happenings inside their home. Cooper bartholomew is dead isbn 9781743319239 pdf epub. There are not even enough words to describe how impressed i am by this novel. Find a library or download libby an app by overdrive. It has been over a year since sweet damage came out in australia. When strange and terrifying things start happening in the house at night, tim wonders if taking the room was a mistake. Sweet damage street smart james, rebecca author dec022014 hardcover rebecca james on. Rebecca james was born in sydney and spent her twenties teaching english in indonesia and japan.
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