Entwining a tale of missing children with the story of a lonely little boy, Sonya Hartnett captures the tenderness and dread of childhood in a work of exceptional storytelling. The year is 1977, and Adrian is nine. He lives with his gran and his uncle Rory. His best friend is...
"Hartnett again captures the ineffable fragility of childhood in this keenly observed tale." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) Nine-year-old Adrian watches his world closely, but there is much he cannot understand. He does not, for instance, know why...