Why a Booktrail?
1976: A girl goes missing and years later, the secrets of that night slowly reveal a much bigger one…
The Last Lost Girl
What you need to know before your trail
On a perfect July evening in the sizzling Irish summer of 1976, fifteen-year-old Festival Queen Lilly Brennan disappears. Thirty-seven years later, as the anniversary of Lilly’s disappearance approaches, her sister Jacqueline returns to their childhood home in Blackberry Lane. There she stumbles upon something that reopens the mystery, setting her on a search for the truth a search that leads her to surprising places and challenging encounters.
Jacqueline feels increasingly compelled to find the answer to what happened to Lilly all those years ago and finally lay her ghost to rest. But at what cost? For unravelling the past proves to be a dangerous and painful thing, and her path to the truth leads her ever closer to a dark secret she may not wish to know.
Locations
Reset- Ireland (Republic of)
- A: Co. Donegal - Gweebarra River
- B: Dublin - Blackberry Ln
- C: Beech Lawns Estate
- D: Swords - Castle
- England
- E: "Northby"
Travel Guide
Ireland 1970s
It is not so much the exact locations in this book which shine but rather the 1970s setting. Donegal and the Gweebarra River feature as does Dublin and the girls’ childhood home but the journey into the past are what give the novel flavour and style. Some of the places are fictional such as Coldhope Bay which doesn’t sound that nice but more than sums up the characters’ feelings.
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“1976
‘Even the tar on the road is sweating. Daddy says this is the hottest month of the hottest summer in living memory. Lily’s radio is playing “Young Hearts Run Free”’
The nostalgic atmosphere strikes the reader right from the opening page.
The Last Lost Girl is an enthralling read that takes the reader on an almost hypnotic journey. Being a child of the Seventies, the descriptions from that era evoked such strong personal memories. I closed my eyes and I was there.
The pages of this novel are packed full with nostalgic imagery of a time past. One of the elements I personally loved throughout this trip down memory lane were the constant references to Lilly’s radio and the music playing on it.”
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Last Lost Girl
Destination: Donegal, Dublin, England Author/Guide: Maria Hoey Departure Time: 1970s
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