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The Beauty of Impossible Things

By: Rachel Donohue
Narrated by: Jennifer Fitzgerald
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Summary

The summer Natasha Rothwell turns 15, 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 realised 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....
©2021 Rachel Donohue (P)2021 Atlantic Books from W. F. Howes Ltd
Coming of Age Family Life Fiction Historical Fiction World Literature Summer
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"Haunting and compelling." (Emma Rous)

"Donohue is a master of clean, sharp prose." (Irish Times)

"Rachel Donohue is an enchanting writer." (Sunday Business Post)

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Boring!!

Im on the last couple of chapters and still waiting for something interesting to happen. Would have sent it back but I've reached my limit for doing so...most annoying was the narrator's use of the word Foorther for father!

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