Does the past yield its secrets if we search hard enough? And where is the line between ordinary lust and something altogether murkier?
A marine biologist specialising in seahorses, Tina is returning for her brother's wedding to the Fenland village where she grew up. A moment of panic about her 10-year-old daughter triggers a vision of her best friend, Mandy Baker, who went missing without a trace at the same age three decades ago. And the more Tina replays events and relives her tempestuous upbringing, the more she believes she knows what happened to Mandy - and who was responsible.
Jill Dawson's affecting novel is an incisive and disturbing exploration of desire and childhood.
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"As always with Jill Dawson, this is a thorough immersion into another life. Like Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood, she shows girlhood without the rose-tint. An uneasy and fascinating read." — Su (4 out of 5 stars)
"As always with Jill Dawson, this is a thorough immersion into another life. Like Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood, she shows girlhood without the rose-tint. An uneasy and fascinating read."
" Iwas underwhelmed by this book. I thought Tina Humber slightly unhinged and I her reasons for this could have been gone into, in more depth. I did like the bits about seahorses. As for the rest of the book, I felt very disappointed. "
" I started reading this book, but got bored really quickly. Nothing really drew me in, and because I didn't really care about the character, I started to not really have a clue what was goingon. "
" Very hard to understand, plus, very boring. A visual book, and creepy one too. "
" Fascinating and unnerving, wonderfully written. I really felt like the narrator was unstable, mentally and emotionally, just as her character was portrayed. "
" Fairly slow moving initially, but nonetheless a compelling, haunting and intelligent read. "
" boring boring boring. Two-dimensional characters and a lazy plot line left me completely unengaged and flat. Ho-hum. "
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