The Beauty of Impossible Things

In the summer of 1975, Natasha Rothwell turns fifteen and strange dancing lights appear in the sky above her small town. This leads to a feverish atmosphere of anticipation and dread, and the arrival of a new lodger, Mr. Bowen, threatens to upset the delicate equilibrium between mother and daughter. When a local teenager goes missing, Natasha is called on to help, but her actions have unforeseen and ultimately tragic consequences.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 07 April 2022
Publisher: Atlantic Books

Discover the perfect heatwave read, threaded with fading seaside glamour and simmering heat, from the bestselling author of The Temple House Vanishing. A summer of change. A lifetime of regret.

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.

Weight: 218g
Dimension: 129 x 196 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781786499424
Edition number: Main