Title
The Missing Boy
Delivery time: 8-12 business days (International)
Review A wellwrought, honest book that is generous with its insights and tender in all the right placesDAILY EXPRESSBillington keeps the tension rising, and it all feels horribly believableSUNDAY TIMESDan is a subtle study; his vulnerability, his innocence, his resourceful intelligence and his dawning moral sense are wonderfully convincingDAILY TELEGRAPHIt's highly readable and is written with wisdom and compassionTHE TIMESSacrifice...combined with the suggestion that through suffering Eve, Max and Martha are brought to a state of greater love, understanding and honesty, is really the moral heart of the novelSPECTATOR Product Description The disappearance of a teenage boy tears a family apart in this poignant, highly topical and searching story.Thirteenyearold Dan hasn't returned home and his parents don't know whether he's run away, been kidnapped or something worse. For one family the world as they know it is about to fall apart. At first Dan is sleeping rough, revelling in his independence. But with every passing day, his world is becoming darker and more frightening. A hundred thousand children run away each year. Most come back. But will Dan?Dan's mother, Eve, a drama teacher, can't focus; his father, Max, only knows how to flee his own demons; and his aunt, Martha, while trained to control difficult situations as a prison officer, struggles to hold it all together. Dan's story is told against a grownup drama of love and shifting loyalties and two sisters who were best friends until Max came between them. Gradually, all three begin to recognise just how badly they have failed the missing boy.Rachel Billington has written a tense and emotional novel about the daytoday existence of a contemporary family living through their worst nightmare. Anguish and hope move across the pages until the final breathtaking denouement. About the Author Rachel Billington has published twenty novels and nine books for children, as well as several nonfiction works. She is also a regular journalist, feature writer and reviewer. She is coeditor of Inside Time, the national newspaper for prisoners and a VicePresident of English PEN. She has four children and five grandchildren and lives in London and Dorset.
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