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Chargement... The Nowhere Child: A Novel (original 2018; édition 2019)par Christian White (Auteur)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Really enjoyed the reading experience of this one. Great entertainment while I spent the day sitting very still because of a dodgy back. Couldn't wait to finish it and find out what happened. Would make a really good tv mini-series! ( ) * I would like to thank NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book. * Christian White's debut novel won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript. That's a big recommendation, considering the phenomenal success of previous winners such as The Rosie Project and The Dry, so I was eager to read this one. Kim Leamy is a Melbourne photographer who teaches at the local TAFE. One day she is accosted by an American man who insists that she is his long-lost sister, who disappeared when she was two years old. Initially dismissive, Kim is gradually convinced that there is something to this, and travels with him to the USA to come to grips with this strange gap in her past. The story unfolds with two parallel arcs telling of Sammy's disappearance and the subsequent investigation, along with a present-day narrative about Kim digging into her past, and what she finds. Personally I found the arc dealing with the crime more interesting and engaging than the arc set in the present. There are some clever twists in the plot, but not entirely unanticipated. I did think that the final act was a bit weak and far-fetched, but i still think that this is a very good crime novel. I read [The Nowhere Child] by [Christian White]. White is an Australian author. The story is a mystery surrounding a kidnapping from thirty years previous. The story begins and ends in Australia, but most of the action takes place in Manson, Kentucky. An okay story, kept my interest, for the most part, but would not particularly recommend. 391 pages aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Et si vous appreniez que toute votre vie repose sur un mensonge ? Kim, une Australienne de trente ans, est sous le choc. Un inconnu vient de lui révéler qu'elle s'appelle en réalité Sammy Went, qu'elle a été enlevée vingt-huit ans auparavant et que sa vraie famille l'attend aux États-Unis. Kim n'en croit pas un mot mais ne peut s'empêcher de se poser des questions. Pourquoi est-il impossible de mettre la main sur des photos d'elle bébé ? Et qui est cette petite Sammy, enfant disparue, à qui elle ressemble tant ? Pour remonter le fil de son histoire, Kim devra affronter les dangers et la terrible réalité qui l'attendent dans le Kentucky. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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