The Beauty of Impossible Things
Author | : Rachel Donohue |
Publisher | : Atlantic Books |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 2021-05-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781786499431 |
ISBN-13 | : 1786499436 |
Rating | : 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: 'Poetic, atmospheric' Daily Mail ___________________________ Discover the perfect heatwave read, threaded with fading seaside glamour and simmering heat, from the bestselling author of The Temple House Vanishing. A summer of change. A lifetime of regret. The summer Natasha Rothwell turns fifteen, strange dancing lights appear in the sky above her small town, lights that she interprets as portents of doom. Natasha leads a sheltered life with her beautiful, bohemian mother in a crumbling house by the sea. As news of the lights spreads, more and more visitors arrive in the town, creating a feverish atmosphere of anticipation and dread. And the arrival of a new lodger, the handsome Mr Bowen, threatens to upset the delicate equilibrium between mother and daughter. Then Natasha's fears seem to be realized when a local teenager goes missing, and she is called on to help. But her actions over that long, hot summer will have unforeseen and ultimately tragic consequences that will cast a shadow for many years to come...