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2016/08: A Kind of Vanishing -- Lesley Thomson
Friday, March 4th, 2016 06:01 pm2016/08: A Kind of Vanishing -- Lesley Thomson
One hot summer's day in 1968, two nine-year old girls -- Alice and Eleanor -- are playing together in a deserted village, somewhere on the Sussex coast. Eleanor has been forbidden to play there: it's dangerous, her father says.
Alice and Eleanor aren't friends, but their parents think they should be. Eleanor's vivid imagination is her secret weapon against Alice's prim nature and nasty taunts, but when their game of hide-and-seek concludes with Alice's disappearance, she is going to have to tell the truth about where they were playing.( non-spoilery review )
Alice came in the day too. She was there when Eleanor's father shut the curtains in the evening, hovering in the fabric. Earlier, Eleanor had found her lying under the sofa, her face cupped in chubby hands. She was using all Eleanor's secret places. Alice was spying without taking turns, which was not fair. She was hiding really well, for only Eleanor had found her. [loc. 502]
One hot summer's day in 1968, two nine-year old girls -- Alice and Eleanor -- are playing together in a deserted village, somewhere on the Sussex coast. Eleanor has been forbidden to play there: it's dangerous, her father says.
Alice and Eleanor aren't friends, but their parents think they should be. Eleanor's vivid imagination is her secret weapon against Alice's prim nature and nasty taunts, but when their game of hide-and-seek concludes with Alice's disappearance, she is going to have to tell the truth about where they were playing.( non-spoilery review )
