A girl tries to free herself from the terrifying double shadow of her childhood and forge her own future, but she is trapped in a memory machine created by her father.
Sally Gardner trained at art college and went on to work in the theatre, winning awards for her costume designs for some notable productions. After her twin daughters and her son were born she started to illustrate children's books and then turned to writing. She lives in North London.
A paranormal teen romance with a rare philosophical depth
*Financial Times*
Astonishing
*The Guardian*
Exciting and fulfilling
*Carousel*
Extraordinary -- one of those rare novels published for young
readers where we are admitted to a secondary world charged with its
writer's exceptional intelligence of both mind and emotion
*Books For Keeps*
A rich and compelling book ... a tour de force
*School Librarian*
An extraordinary novel of unusual grace and power
*The Daily Telegraph*
Remarkable ... lyrical ... unpredictable
*The Times*
At times the writing is almost too good -- so visual, so visceral
that you can feel the green fog of captured memories seeping out
form the pages
*The Sunday Telegraph*
What a mysterious and haunting book ... terrifying and fascinating
in equal measure
*The Bookseller*
Strikingly original
*The Independent*
Gardner is a true artist and original ... The writing is
thrillingly vivid, dramatic and makes for a serious treat which
keeps readers on the edge of their seats all the way to the end
*The Times*
Typically brilliant ... an unusual and constantly challenging
story
*The Independent*
One of those haunting books that will be remembered by the reader
for a lifetime
*SFX Magazine*
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