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Book SynopsisImagine if you couldn''t see
couldn''t hear
couldn''t speak...
Then one day somebody took your hand and opened up the world to you.
Adeliza Golding is a deaf-blind girl, born in late Victorian England on her father''s hop farm. Unable to interact with her loving family, she exists in a world of darkness and confusion; her only communication is with the ghosts she speaks to in her head, who she has christened the Visitors. One day she runs out into the fields and a young hop-picker, Lottie, grabs her hand and starts drawing shapes in it. Finally Liza can communicate.
Her friendship with her teacher and with Lottie''s beloved brother Caleb leads her from the hop gardens and oyster beds of Kent to the dusty veldt of South Africa and the Boer War, and ultimately to the truth about the Visitors.
Trade ReviewThe Visitors may be Mascull's first novel, but she writes with the fluency and dexterity of a born writer, deftly
crafting an engrossing story that imbues her characters with tangible sensitivity, warmth and humanity. - Sydney Morning Herald
The story of Liza's discovery of words, the thrill of her and Lottie's first signed conversation, is movingly told - Jennifer Byrne for Australian Women's Weekly
THE VISITORS is a tale of friendship and heartbreak..reminiscent of Geraldine Brooks. A fine achievement for a debut novel. - Culture Street
...nothing outshines this author's masterful portrayal of a child who lives with and overcomes multiple disabilities. - Good Reading, National
