{"product_id":"a-beautiful-family","title":"A Beautiful Family","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn eventful summer forever changes the lives of a family in the most engrossing debut you'll read this year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'I absolutely loved this page-turning family mystery and didn't want it to end. The author so effortlessly transported me to another place and time, and every character leapt off the page. An extraordinary, exquisitely written debut.' Liane Moriarty, author of Here One Moment\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'An absolutely riveting read. A Beautiful Family held me captive from the first page to the last, both through Trevelyan's uncanny ability to maintain inexorable tension throughout, and her wholly believable narration of a ten-year-old trying to make sense of the adult world around her. I loved it.' Hannah Kent, author of Devotion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the past we had always spent our summer holidays in remote places. That had always been my mother's preference. This year was different . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the summer holiday stretches ahead, with her older sister more interested in boys, her mother disappearing on long walks and her father, beer in hand, watching the cricket, the youngest in the family often finds herself alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the beach, she meets Kahu, a boy who tells her a tragic story about a little girl who disappeared a couple of years ago, presumed drowned. Suddenly, the summer has purpose-they will find the missing girl and become local heroes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBetween dips in the ocean, afternoon barbecues and lazy sunbaking, their detective work brings to the surface shocking discoveries and dark secrets, even about her own beautiful family . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJennifer Trevelyan magnificently captures the confusion and frustration of childhood, the fraught but unshakeable bond between sisters, and the dangers that lurk in the white lies we tell-especially about the people we love most.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jennifer Trevelyan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46756531830953,"sku":"9781761472015","price":12.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/9781761472015.jpg?v=1769300345","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/a-beautiful-family","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}