Quarter Past Two On A Wednesday Afternoon

Quarter Past Two On A Wednesday Afternoon

by Linda Newbery (Author)

Synopsis

It was the day when everything stopped. At quarter past two on a hot afternoon in August, Anna's beautiful, headstrong elder sister Rose disappears. Twenty years later, Anna still doesn't know whether Rose is alive or dead. In her early thirties now, she sees her future unfolding - with sensible, serious Martin and a grown-up, steady job - and finds herself wondering if this is what she really wants. Unable to take control of her life while the mystery of her sister's disappearance remains unsolved, Anna begins to search for the truth: what did happen to Rose that summer's day? The stunning first adult novel from the distinguished Costa Award winner.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Edition: UK ed.
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 14 Aug 2014

ISBN 10: 0857522493
ISBN 13: 9780857522498
Children’s book age: 12+ Years
Book Overview: A powerful story of family intrigue, and the way a secret from the past can poison the future.

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Dark, scary, intriguing, I love it very much Simon Mayo
Author Bio
As a child Linda Newbery was a secret writer, filling exercise books with stories which she hid in her wardrobe. Now she is a published author of over forty books, mainly children's and teenage fiction. She has been shortlisted for many prestigious literary prizes and has won the Costa children's book award. Linda lives in an Oxfordshire village and enjoys yoga, gardening, walking and the cinema.