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2000s: A story of obsession, loneliness and the lies we tell ourselves in order to live with ourselves . .
2000s: A story of obsession, loneliness and the lies we tell ourselves in order to live with ourselves . .
Chloe lives a quiet life. Working as a newspaper archivist in the day and taking care of her Nan in the evening, she’s happy simply to read about the lives of others as she files away the news clippings from the safety of her desk.
But there’s one story that she can’t stop thinking about. The case of Angie Kyle – a girl, Chloe’s age, who went missing as a child. A girl whose parents never gave up hope.
When Chloe’s Nan gets moved into a nursing home, leaving Chloe on the brink of homelessness, she takes a desperate step: answering an ad to be a lodger in the missing girl’s family home. It could be the perfect opportunity to get closer to the story she’s read so much about. But it’s not long until she realizes this couple aren’t all they seem from the outside . . .
The backdrop to the story is Peterborough but this could be a story set anywhere to be honest. There are mentions of places and rivers as part of the search but the real story is with the characters and inside the fictional care home.
A story of loneliness and trauma which sadly happens everywhere and anywhere.
Destination/location: Peterborough Author/guide: Anna Wharton Departure Time: 2000s
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