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  • Location: Brighton, England

The Beauty of Impossible Things

The Beauty of Impossible Things

Why a Booktrail?

2000s: Foresight is not always a gift…

  • ISBN: B08N5NFCF7
  • Genre: Fiction

What you need to know before your trail

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.

Travel Guide

BookTrail it down to the English seaside

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!

BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Beauty of Impossible Things

Destination/location: England, Brighton Author/guide: Rachel Donohue Departure Time: 2000s

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