Idle GroundsOn a bright summer day in 1989 New England, Abi, three years old, vanishes from her aunt's secluded home. Upstairs, her young cousins are looking out of the window. Something is unfolding in the distance at the edge of the forest something sinister that is watching them back. The adults don't seem to notice that the youngest of the group has disappeared. Too busy bickering over politics and reminiscing about the family's domineering late matriarch,

and to the girl who will change her life forever

From the renewed sense of nationalism in China

with a terrific plot and strong characters' Prima

Within days

Carrying little more than a change of clothes and a pair of binoculars

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You mustn't do that to yourself Shy

How do we define patriotism in a diverse society

effortlessly combining humour with pathos and spot-on period detail while sensitively exploring themes such as loss

They focus on the small things that really matter

this is the perfect stocking filler for his legions of fans

his once-promising younger son