Is the world she’s lost in also a place she can find herself? As the net starts to close around Henry, the new people in her life seem to offer her a way out, and a way forward. Assailed by strange feelings for her new colleague - the tomboyish, moody Septimus - Henry quickly sees that she’s lost in a small rural town with surprisingly big problems.Īnd to make things worse, sinister forces threaten to expose her as the missing Nettleblack sister. But the Division soon finds itself under siege from a spate of crimes and must fight for its very survival. Desperate to hide from her older sisters, Henry disguises herself and enlists. Having run away from her family home to escape an arranged marriage, Welsh heiress Henry Nettleblack finds herself ambushed, robbed, and then saved by the mysterious Dallyangle Division - part detective agency, part neighbourhood watch. Is the world she’s lost in also a place she can find herself? Told through journal entries and letters, Nettleblack is a subversive and playful ride through the perils and joys of finding your place in the world, challenging myths about queerness – particularly transness – as a modern phenomenon, while exploring the practicalities of articulating queer perspectives when you’re struggling for words.The year is 1893. When the net starts to close around Henry, and sinister forces threaten to expose her as the missing Nettleblack sister, the new people in her life seem to offer her a way out, and a way forward. Sent out to investigate a string of crimes, she soon realises that she is living in a small rural town with surprisingly big problems. But leaving the safety of her wealthy life isn’t as simple as she thought.Īmbushed, robbed, and then saved by a mysterious organisation – part detective agency, part neighbourhood watch – a desperate Henry disguises herself and enlists. Henry Nettleblack has to act fast or she’ll be married off by her elder sister.
Wedi’i hadrodd trwy gofnodion dyddiadur a llythyrau, mae Nettleblack yn daith wyrdroëdig a chwareus drwy ddod o hyd i’ch lle yn y byd, gan herio mythau am fod yn cwiar a thraws.ġ893.
Pan fydd y rhwyd yn dechrau cau o amgylch Henry, mae’r pobl newydd yn ei bywyd yn cynnig ffordd ymlaen iddi. Wedi’i hanfon allan i ymchwilio i gyfres o droseddau, mae hi’n sylweddoli ei bod yn byw mewn tref fach gyda phroblemau mawr. Mae’n cael ei ladrata ac yna ei achub gan sefydliad dirgel – asiantaeth ditectif sy’n gwarchod y gymdogaeth – ac yn anobeithiol, mae Henry yn cuddio ei hun a’n ymrestru gyda’r sefydliad. Ond dydy gadael ei bywyd cyfoethog dim mor symbl na oedd hi’n meddwl. Mae Henry Nettleblack yn gorfod gweithredu’n gyflym neu bydd hi’n cael ei phriodi i bant gan ei chwaer hyn.
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