Lost Girls (eBook)

Kate Hamer (Autor)

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2023 | 1. Auflage
368 Seiten
Faber & Faber (Verlag)
978-0-571-33672-2 (ISBN)

Infos

'Beautifully written, intense.' LISA BALLANTYNE 'A thrilling, emotive and heartfelt mystery.' CHRIS WHITAKER FROM THE AUTHOR OF BESTSELLING DEBUT THE GIRL IN THE RED COAT Lost, she narrowly escaped disaster. Beth is desperate to return to normality. After a years-long ordeal, her daughter is finally home and safe. But Carmel has questions she can't ignore about the cult that kidnapped her, and about the preacher who gave her another girl's name. Found, she must survive a miracle. Digging into her past, Carmel uncovers secrets which suggest that she wasn't the only lost girl - and which puts her in danger all over again. While her mother struggles to salvage the safety they've only just found, Carmel tries to come to terms with who she has become. One question, a mystery at the heart of her disappearance as a child, haunts her: What happened to the other lost girls? 'As affirming as it is devastating.' CAILEAN STEED 'Reads like a shiver down the spine.' ANNA BAILEY 'As ever, Kate's prose is beautiful and immersive.' REBECCA WHITNEY Praise for Kate Hamer: 'Deliciously dark.' CLARE MACKINTOSH 'Keeps the reader turning pages at a frantic clip.' CELESTE NG 'Her writing is as vivid, nasty and beautiful as a bruise.' METRO **Read the start of Carmel and Beth's story in The Girl in the Red Coat - available now!**

Kate Hamer grew up in the West Country and Wales. She studied art and worked for a number of years in television. In 2011 she won the Rhys Davies short-story prize and her short stories have appeared in various collections. Her debut novel The Girl in the Red Coat was published in 2015. It was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Prize, the British Book Industry Awards Debut Fiction Book of the Year, the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger, and the Wales Book of the Year. It was a Sunday Times bestseller and has been translated into sixteen different languages. Kate now lives with her husband in Cardiff., Kate Hamer grew up in Pembrokeshire. She did a Creative Writing MA at Aberystwyth University and the Curtis Brown Creative novel-writing course. She won the Rhys Davies short story award in 2011 and her winning story was read out on Radio 4. She has recently been awarded a Literature Wales bursary. She lives in Cardiff with her husband. The Girl in the Red Coat (March 2015) is her first novel.

Rezensionen

A thrilling, emotive and heartfelt mystery that kept me turning the pages late into the night. A more than worthy follow-up to the sublime The Girl In The Red Coat.

I read and loved THE LOST GIRLS. Such a beautiful portrayal of a mother-daughter relationship with all its missteps and miscommunication, and a deep seam of love running through. I was fascinated to visit the post-crime world of THE GIRL IN THE RED COAT, and witness the ramifications the abuse has on an adult Carmel, and the ripple effect of trauma on family and friends - a viewpoint you rarely see. The hold and power the pastor has over Carmel is truly terrifying, while her desire to rescue other lost girls in order to heal herself, demonstrates what a pure soul she is. As ever, Kate's prose is beautiful and immersive, and I'm so grateful Carmel and Beth find a way to heal what was taken from them.

THE LOST GIRLS by Kate Hamer is a deeply moving novel about healing, connection, and the power of the past. The characters will stay with me a long time - they felt so real and I was desperately hoping for a happy ending for them all. Hamer has written a spellbinding, enchanting novel that is as affirming as it is devastating.

A beautifully written, intense novel that is both thought-provoking and unsettling - in some places a terrifying read.

I found it a very moving book, with characters that really wrenched my heart and a wonderful ending that left me in tears.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.2.2023
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: atmospheric heart-wrenching • grief trauma • missing kidnapped child • mother daughter family relationships • mudlark mudlarking • suspense mystery crime • Women's Fiction
• ISBN-10: 0-571-33672-8 / 0571336728
• ISBN-13: 978-0-571-33672-2 / 9780571336722