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The Beauty of Impossible Things : The perfect summer read

'Poetic, atmospheric' Daily Mail

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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...


Author:

  • Rachel Donohue

Format:

  • E-book

Duration:

  • 167 pages

Language:

English

Categories:

  • Feel-good and romance
  • Feel-good and chick lit

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