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2000s: Foresight is not always a gift…
2000s: Foresight is not always a gift…
The summer Natasha Rothwell turns fifteen, strange dancing lights appear in the sky above her small town, lights that she interprets as portents of doom.
Natasha leads a sheltered life with her beautiful, bohemian mother in a crumbling house by the sea. As news of the lights spreads, more and more visitors arrive in the town, creating a feverish atmosphere of anticipation and dread. And the arrival of a new lodger, the handsome Mr Bowen, threatens to upset the delicate equilibrium between mother and daughter.
Then Natasha’s fears seem to be realized when a local teenager goes missing, and she is called on to help. But her actions over that long, hot summer will have unforeseen and ultimately tragic consequences that will cast a shadow for many years to come.
There are no real or even vague locations in this novel. However, the setting is a seaside town somewhere in England. Brighton, Bognor Regis and Eastbourne are very popular and well-known seaside towns so they are on the map above.
There is mention of lights in the sky and a crumbling house by the sea…so wherever you go, try and find these things!
Destination/location: England, Brighton Author/guide: Rachel Donohue Departure Time: 2000s
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