The Owl Service (1967) - Alan Garner
Category: Suspense
Narrator: Wayne Forester
Tags: Suspense, Mystery, Children, Classic
After hearing scratches in the attic, Alison discovers a dinner service covered in an intriguing floral owl pattern, and a series of events are set in motion that will change her life forever. Alison, her step-brother Roger, and Welsh boy Gwyn are forced into a cyclical replay of the tragic Welsh legend of Blodeuwedd, in which a woman is turned into an owl as a punishment for betraying her husband., The Owl Service is a fabulous, multi-layered book of mystery and suspense, but also a contemporary musing on love, class structure and power., Alan Garner OBE (1934), Best known for his childrens fantasy novels and his retellings of traditional British folk tales. Much of his work is firmly rooted in the landscape, history and folklore of his native county of Cheshire, North West England, being set in the region and making use of the native Cheshire dialect., Born in Congleton, Garner grew up around the nearby town of Alderley Edge, and spent much of his youth in the wooded area known local
