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The Beauty of Impossible Things

By: Rachel Donohue
Narrated by: Jennifer Fitzgerald
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Publisher's 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

Critic reviews

"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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