The Ripping Tree

Based on the provided content: "The Ripping Tree" is a novel set in the early 1800s, about a woman named Thomasina Trelora who is saved by an Aboriginal man and taken to a grand European house, Willowbrae. She discovers a horrifying secret at the heart of the estate and realizes she may have exchanged one kind of prison for another. The novel is intense, sharp, and shiver-inducing, with influences such as "The Turn of the Screw," "Rebecca," and "Get Out." It examines the darkness of early colonization and is written in Nikki Gemmell's signature lyrical and evocative prose.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 352 pages
Publication date: 23 June 2022
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Early 1800s. Thomasina Trelora is on her way to the colonies, destined to be married to a clergyman she's never met. As the Australian coastline emerges, a storm wrecks the ship, leaving her near death on the rocks. Fortunately, an Aboriginal man rescues her and carries her to the door of a grand European house, Willowbrae.

Tom now has the freedom to be whoever she wants to be, and a whole new world opens up to her. However, as she delves deeper into the intriguing life of this grand estate, she begins to uncover a horrifying secret at its heart. She stumbles upon a dark and sinister truth that threatens to trap her in a world of colonial decorum and peril.

The Ripping Tree is a captivating novel that blends diverse influences such as The Turn of the Screw, Rebecca, and the film Get Out. It also evokes the atmosphere of The Secret River. Written in Nikki Gemmell's signature lyrical and evocative prose, it delves into the darkness of early colonization, offering an unsettling, audacious, thrilling, and unputdownable tale of survival.

Weight: 250g
Dimension: 129 x 199 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780008511111