The Dollmaker

EWA CHAPLIN WASN''T AFRAID TO MAKE DOLLS THAT WEREN''T COMFORTING. SHE SEEMED TO KNOW THAT DOLLS ARE PEOPLE, JUST LIKE US.

THE BEWITCHING NEW NOVEL FROM THE AWARD-WINNING GUARDIAN FRESH VOICES AUTHOR

''A fantastic book'' Andrew O''Hagan
''Wholly original - worthy of a modern Grimm'' Andrew Caldecott, author of Rotherweird
''A masterful and multi-layered haunted toyshop of a novel'' Tony White, author of The Fountain in the Forest

Stitch by perfect stitch, Andrew Garvie makes exquisite dolls in the finest antique style. Like him, they are diminutive, but graceful, unique and with surprising depths. Perhaps that''s why he answers the enigmatic personal ad in his collector''s magazine.

Letter by letter, Bramber Winters reveals more of her strange, sheltered life in an institution on Bodmin Moor, and the terrible events that put her there as a child. Andrew knows what