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A01=Sarah Jollien-Fardel
Alpine valley setting
Author_Sarah Jollien-Fardel
captivity and restraint
Category=FBA
contained violence aftermath
dead daughter mystery
domestic suspense
emotional psychological drama
eq_bestseller
eq_fiction
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_modern-contemporary
eq_nobargain
family tragedy drama
forthcoming
grief and motherhood
introspective narrative
love to extremes
marriage and hidden fractures
mental unraveling
psychological literary fiction
Swiss literary novel
trauma and memory
unreliable narrator
voice beyond the door
woman confined in room
women's literary fiction

Product details

  • ISBN 9781917378307
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 16 Jul 2026
  • Publisher: The Indigo Press
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Three years ago the police came to her door with the tragic news that her precious daughter, Anna, was dead. In her grief she collapsed into a state of near-death and turned away from everything she held dear. Gradually, we begin to understand what brought her here, to this mountain hut.

Life before was simple and beautiful; home was a village high up on the Swiss Valais slopes. There, she first met Camil, her future husband, steadfast in his love and support. They shared the same love of books, exploring the rugged yet welcoming Alpine valley. 

They meet again later as students in Lausanne, marry, build careers. Anna comes along. Rose recalls a life of quiet happiness, while desperately trying to grasp the threads of the madness that brought her to the room where she is tethered. 

One day, Rose hears an unknown voice behind the door: a woman is reading to her. And for the first time, we feel that Rose may yet find her way out of the darkness. 

Tether is a powerful novel of violence contained, a superb portrait of womanhood and motherhood, and a deeply touching account of the extremes to which love can take us.

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