The Children's Home

A beautiful and uncanny novel by a writer who never ceases to surprise,Expertly crafted,More delicate than Dickens and stranger than Snicket… Sometimes heart-stopping, sometimes heart-warming, it is a provocative tale, ripe with intrigue. I loved every weird moment of it,This disquieting novel is surely one of the year’s most bizarre stories… Mr. Lambert’s subtle prose enhances the novel’s creepiness, as does his refusal to fully resolve or explain its many mysteries,Beautifully written and crafted, and more compelling than many thrillers,Compulsively readable, a one-of-a-kind literary horror story,This genre-bending debut is by turns dread-inducing and heartwarming, a masterful exploration of whether innocence can truly sprout from ignorance….a magical, mesmerizing tale about the courage it takes to confront the unknown,Mesmerizing….The folkloric undertone and stylish prose, which is replete with gruesome and wondrous images, keep the reader turning the pages,This genre-bending horror story is sure to haunt you in all the best ways,Charles Lambert’s novel is entirely original … highly compelling and invigorating writing,Charles Lambert has crafted an exquisitely strange and deliciously dark offering… the narrative itself will haunt his readers well beyond the margins of its pages,A haunting Gothic in the vein of Shirley Jackson, steeped with the mystery and imagination of Neil Gaiman’s fairy tales. Lambert’s prose is beautiful and his tale is mesmerizing,The Children’s Home is the best kind of ghost story – one that scares, one that surprises … and one that you simply can’t stop reading,… definitely recommend this if you’re in the mood for something a little creepy,The Children’s Home may well be the most surprising, thought provoking and also baffling book I’ve ever read,Lambert is a brilliant writer, and his absorbing new novel, The Children’s Home, is the best literary fiction I have read in some time,A powerful construction of creeping dread which skilfully keeps the reader off-balance at every turn,A seriously good writer,Charles Lambert could one day attain classic status,A haunting novel,Sharp like sherbet, poignant and gripping