Whistle in the Dark : From the bestselling author of Elizabeth is Missing

ISBN-13: 9780241327647 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 336 str.

Healey Emma

Opis

After the bestselling, Costa First Novel award-winning Elizabeth is Missing comes Whistle in the Dark...How do you rescue someone who has already been found?Jen's fifteen-year-old daughter goes missing for four agonizing days. When Lana is found, unharmed, in the middle of the desolate countryside, everyone thinks the worst is over. But Lana refuses to tell anyone what happened, and the police think the case is closed. The once-happy, loving family returns to London, where things start to fall apart. Lana begins acting strangely: refusing to go to school, and sleeping with the light on.With her daughter increasingly becoming a stranger, Jen is sure the answer lies in those four missing days. But will Lana ever reveal what happened?'This novel is a beautiful and rare thing' Kate Hamer'Healey is a natural storyteller' Claire Fuller'I don't know anyone else who writes like this' Jane Corry

Recenzje

A compelling modern family drama with witty and wonderful characters. Utter bliss. Nina Stibbe

O autorze

Healey, Emma
Emma Healey, a former bookseller, grew up in London where she went to art college and completed her first degree in bookbinding. She then worked for two libraries, two bookshops, two art galleries and two universities, and was busily pursuing a career in the art world before writing overtook everything. She moved to Norwich in 2010 to study for the MA in Creative Writing at UEA and never moved back again. Elizabeth is Missing, her first novel, was a Sunday Times Bestseller, won the Costa First Novel Award 2014 and was shortlisted for the National Book Awards Popular Fiction Book of the Year.