Pink Granite
Formats: Hardback
Ages: 12-15, 16-18, 18+
In the city of Brinepoint, sisters Redhair and Daffodil Friend search for the one thing their powerful mother will not give them: the truth of their ancestry. Their quest leads them to a hidden vault, a worn cushion, and an ancient book filled not with records but with prophecies, rituals, and stories of a forgotten time.
Through its pages, they are drawn into Core Rock, a village carved from pink granite where quarrymen endure “the angry time,” a bitter strike against the formidable Grand Old Lord Sea Stone. Two young girls, Sarah and Ella One Ear, are guided by their mystical great-grandmother and her prophetic book. When a traditional ceremony turns to tragedy at sea, the community is shattered, and the Lord offers a terrible bargain: their sons for his florins.
For Redhair and Daffodil Friend, the words on the page hold the key to their own identities. Some secrets are buried in stone for a reason—and what they uncover could change everything.
Pink Granite, finalist in The Wishing Shelf Book Awards and winner in the BookFest Awards, is a historical fantasy exploring ancestry, prophecy, identity, and the secrets that connect generations.
Reviews
Pink Granite is a humorous, fun adventure with transpersonal characters following a journey to a thrilling end that you wouldn’t predict. Imagine how special it would be to have Great Great Granny Pink say whilst entering the blessing house “Yes and that person would be you, kind friend”! Pink Granite is beautifully illustrated and the story would make a wonderful animated film. Carran Waterfield is an evolved archetypal storyteller.” Keith Calvert - Psychologist
The story reminded me of the Gormenghast books and a novel by Hope Mirrlees called Lud-in-a-Mist – I felt it would certainly appeal to slightly older readers than Red Hair and Daffodil Friend, for great reasons. There is so much action, suspense, and brilliant strangeness, I found myself wanting the story to concertina outwards, while hoping there is more to come! It looks beautiful, and the black and white silhouettes really added to the strangeness of the piece: there was something very Symbolist about them. All in, Pink Granite is truly unique and utterly compelling, and the book has been made with such care that it’s a treasure object in itself. Bravo! Dr Eleanor Lybeck (University of Liverpool)
For me, this is a book about the angry times: a world where men and women, science and mystery, rich and poor are played off against one another while the powerful look on. In Core Rock, people fight over scraps of wage, blessing and dignity; the angry times are with us again. Andrew Carey (Triarchy Press)
