Journal Entry 1 by katybean from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom on Sunday, June 21, 2009

Product Description

A ten-year-old girl vanishes without trace from a Fenland village, her body never found. Thirty years on, she comes sharply back to life in the mind’s eye of her childhood friend, Tina Humber, who has done her best to put the past behind her. But now, as Tina returns home for a family wedding, she replays her memories in search of what happened, fearing that deep down she has always known who killed Mandy Baker.

In this subtle, moodily atmospheric novel, Jill Dawson explores the line between innocent and perverted desire, and that volatile stage when young girls become aware of their attractions, but do not grasp the dangers. 

Journal Entry 2 by katybean at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom on Thursday, September 23, 2010

I found this to be quite an intriguing read, and I loved all the 70's childhood references!! I also enjoyed reading about the seahorses - very nicely written!

I'm now going to send this to the 'October' book exchange person on the BCUKextra site - hope you enjoy this one, and have lots of fun opening your packages!!

Katybean
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Journal Entry 3 by Cassiopaeia at Cardiff, Wales United Kingdom on Monday, November 01, 2010

Thank you katybean, an author I haven't read before. It will be so difficult to decide the reading order of all these new books. 

Journal Entry 4 by Cassiopaeia at Cardiff, Wales United Kingdom on Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Very good period detail and a great sense of place. Overall though there was something missing here, it was rather inconclusive but not in a very creative way. Was this history reinvented, or mis-remembered through illness or did it really happen? I wasn't hoping for all the ends to be tied neatly together, but in the end it just seemed to dwindle and lack any final punch. An interesting read but biased more towards creative writing than solid story.