SuitabookGrief and responsibility
Thomasina blames herself for Arthur’s death and pursues a chance to resurrect him, while her family remains affected by grief.
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Natasha Hastings - Author
This offers an atmospheric historical fantasy with a strong emotional centre: a grieving girl is drawn into a dangerous magical bargain while working in her family’s sweet shop and seeking a way to repair the past.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis offers an atmospheric historical fantasy with a strong emotional centre: a grieving girl is drawn into a dangerous magical bargain while working in her family’s sweet shop and seeking a way to repair the past.
Thomasina blames herself for Arthur’s death and pursues a chance to resurrect him, while her family remains affected by grief.
A stranger offers Arthur’s return in exchange for Thomasina temporarily surrendering memories and making four visits to the Other Frost Fair.
Thomasina wants to become a sweetmaker, while her friend Anna dreams of opening an apothecary; the story is set amid historical expectations for girls and children’s work.
Give particular thought to grief, self-blame, bereavement, a family under strain, frightening supernatural imagery, peril, and references to asthma and mental illness.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
Anything not established here remains open; it is not being treated as absent or safe.