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The Gone and the Forgotten (Hardcover)
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Discovery Miles 5 750
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The Gone and the Forgotten (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R575
Discovery Miles 5 750
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Part psychological thriller, part coming-of-age novel from the
author of People of Abandoned Character. An absent father. A
missing girl. Buried family secrets. Is the truth worth searching
for? Sixteen-year-old Prue has grown up around secrets. Her gran's
stern silence, her mother's teary breakdowns, her aunt's whispered
assurances. But now, in the aftermath of her mum's latest
'episode', Prue's decided she's old enough for the truth. She wants
to know what it is that makes the adults around her turn
tight-lipped and distracted. She wants to know why her mum can't
cope. Most of all, she wants to know who her dad is. Forced to
spend the summer in the Shetlands with her aunt, Ruth, and new
uncle, Archie, Prue arrives determined to find some answers. But
she soon finds herself caught up in a web of family secrets,
betrayals and - perhaps - even murder... Set during one long summer
in Shetland, this is a beautifully drawn, psychologically astute
novel about a young woman's search for truth, even as she realises
the lies that surround her have been keeping her safe. Praise for
The Gone and the Forgotten: 'What a beautiful, absorbing, emotional
book. I was on that remote island with these characters, lost in
their unfolding dramas and the barren landscape and long-past
secrets. I was with young Prue on her quest to disperse the shadows
of her past, and certainly identified with many of the things she
had been through. A stunning read' Louise Beech
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