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Across the room, through the fog of tobacco smoke, Betty notices him. His teacup is empty, his eyes are low and he doesn't speak. She wants him to notice her. She wants to impress.Fifteen-year-old Betty Broadbent helps her erratic and beautiful mother run the Hotel Eden, a boarding house now besieged by reporters, keen for juicy gossip and eye-catching headlines. They are there because the Cornish seaside town has recently witnessed a string of murders, young girls stabbed to death. Among the newspaper jackals, Mr Gallagher stands out. Quiet, serious Mr Gallagher - Betty is fascinated by his mysterious nature and desperate to be noticed by him and not be treated as a child. As he and Betty get to know each other, through snatched conversation and illicit meetings, their feelings for each other grow. But she soon starts to realise how little she knows about the older, enigmatic journalist. With a dangerous cloud looming over the town, Betty starts to take risks to see him and hide secrets from her mother, her friends and even herself. Secrets that will echo through the years and affect the lives of many...Beautifully written with skilfully drawn characters and evocative language, this is an astonishing tour de force from debut author Laura Powell.
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Laura Powell grew up in South Wales and studied at Warwick University. She later completed an MA at Goldsmiths, University of London, for which she was granted a Scott Trust Bursary from the Guardian Media Group, and the Faber Academy novel writing course. Several of her poems and short stories have been published in small literary magazines and anthologies, and she was awarded a New Writer's Bursary from Literature Wales in 2013.
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- EditorialHesperus Press
- Año de publicación2015
- ISBN 10 184391574X
- ISBN 13 9781843915744
- EncuadernaciónTapa blanda
- Número de páginas244
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