sophiejobookshelf Book Review April 11, 2019 April 11, 2019 2 Minutes. In clean, beautiful, agile prose, Nina Allan is able to conjure a recognisable England and a place of deep enchantment. Read reviews and buy The Dollmaker - by Nina Allan (Paperback) at Target. If pressed, I’m sure that Nina Allan would say that her new novel, The Dollmaker, takes place in the here and now.I don’t know that I would believe her. There’s Andrew’s first-person narration as he relates his journey and tells us about his life growing up with dwarfism and struggling to find his place in the world. Nina Allan's novel delves deep into what it is to be an outsider and how people overcome past tragedies and traumas and she does that through the main characters of the story Andrew and Bramber and their passion for dolls. You might think I’d have been eager to start reading the second I got my hands on a copy, but actually I was quite nervous about starting it. INFORMATION WANTED ON THE LIFE AND WORK OF DOLLMAKER EWA CHAPLIN AND/OR FRIENDSHIP, CORRESPONDENCE. You might think I’d have been eager to start reading the second I got my hands on a copy, but actually I was quite nervous about starting it. It is this touch of magic that, like the blink of a doll’s eyes, tricks our own . Free shipping on orders of $35+ from Target. A love story of two very real, unusual people, The Dollmaker is also a novel rich with wonders: Andrew’s quest and Bramber’s letters unspool around the dark fables that give our familiar world an uncanny edge.

Nina Allan is a novelist and short story writer. Read reviews and buy The Dollmaker - by Nina Allan (Paperback) at Target. .

In Nina Allan’s unsettling second novel, The Rift (2017), a teenage girl vanishes, only to reappear decades later claiming she spent the intervening years on another planet.

It was a book that challenged me, unsettled me, intrigued … Nina Allan's third novel, The Dollmaker, is an exploration of human nature, love and connections. She lives and works in Rothesay, on the Isle of Bute. April 3, 2020 / Nina Just a brief reminder that the paperback of The Dollmaker is now available. If pressed, I’m sure that Nina Allan would say that her new novel, The Dollmaker, takes place in the here and now.I don’t know that I would believe her. The Dollmaker by Nina Allan book review. First time visiting Audible? The following is an exclusive excerpt from The Dollmaker, by Nina Allan. I can safely say that I have never read a book quite like this one, and don’t think I will again! I enjoyed every page of this novel and I strongly recommend it to readers who love beautifully written stories with excellent characterisation and plenty of depth. We see most of the story through the eyes of Andrew and Bramber who have struck up a correspondence and are beginning to feel quite strongly towards each other, sharing their innermost thoughts and feelings through the letters they write and receive. The Dollmaker is her third novel.