Pink Granite

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Pink Granite: A Matriarchal Family Saga Set in Brinepoint | Carran Waterfield

In the city of Brinepoint, sisters Redhair and Daffodil Friend, now young women are on a quest for the one thing their powerful mam won’t give them: the truth of their ancestry. Their search leads them to a vault, a cushion, and a precious, ancient book—one filled not with records, but with prophecies, rituals, and the story of a forgotten time.

They are pulled into the world of 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. Here, two young girls, Sarah and Ella One Ear, are guided by their mystical great-grandmother (Great Great Old Granny Pink), and her prophetic book. When a traditional ceremony turns into a tragedy at sea, the community is shattered, and the Lord offers a terrible bargain: their sons for his florins.

But the stories in Pink Granite are more than just history. For Redhair and Daffodil, the words on the page hold the key to their own identities. As their mother warned, some secrets are buried in stone for a reason, and what they uncover could change everything.

The Grand Old Duke had gashed his shin

And ripped his ear off

Marching up and down that hill.

Up Up

Down Down

Ten thousand of them quarrymen

In a dispute over health and safety.

Pink Granite is a unique dystopian historical fantasy story that explores ritual, coastal communities, struggle and women’s magic. Pink Granite can be read as a prequel or a sequel to Carran Waterfield’s Redhair and Daffodil Friend, praised by readers of all ages. Exquisitely drawn illustrations are laced between and within the chapters enhancing the prophetic poetry of Granny Pink’s sacred book. Pink Granite is presented as a high quality gift book like its predecessor.

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Dr Eleanor Lybeck
“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.

Andrew Carey
“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.”