The Nowhere Child
by White, Christian
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- F-
- ISBN 10
- 1743549091
- ISBN 13
- 9781743549094
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
South Melbourne: Affirm Press, 2018 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a trifle rubbed & creased); pp. [x (last blank)], 306. A near fine copy.. First Edition - Uncorrected Proof. Soft Cover. F-.
Reviews
On Jan 25 2019, a reader said:
The Nowhere Child is the first novel by award-winning Australian author, Christian White. In early 1990, two-year-old Sammy Went is abducted from her home in Manson, Kentucky, in broad daylight. Despite extensive searches and a thorough investigation, no trace of her was ever found. Twenty-eight years later, Melbourne photography teacher, Kimberly Leamy is approached by an American man who shows her a photograph of Sammy Went. The photo shows that Sammy bears a striking resemblance to two-year-old Kim. He claims to believe that Kim is Sammy Went.
Naturally, Kim dismisses the idea: no way her now-deceased mother, Carol Leamy could ever have kidnapped a child. But the idea persists in her head; the American shows her proof, and when Kim confronts her step-father, the expected denial does not come. It's enough to spur Kim into travelling to Kentucky, back to the town where it all happened.
As a tragic event often will, Sammy's kidnapping fractured the already strained Went family irreparably. The town of Manson, too, felt the upheaval that such an event can cause. When Kim arrives there, her presence, and the possibility that she really is the long-lost Sammy Went, once again spreads unrest amongst certain members of the community: several had dark secrets and not everyone told all they knew back then.
White's initial premise is a fascinating one: to imagine that you are not who you have always believed yourself to be, what emotions must that stir up? For those you have, all your life, considered family, and for those who believe you form part of their family, what a disruption of everything they know! Then, to make things even more interesting, White throws in a gay father and a mother deeply ensconced in a fundamentalist church. Plenty of twists and quite a few red herrings will keep the reader guessing right up to a very dramatic climax. A very impressive debut novel.
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Details
- Seller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 031943
- Title
- The Nowhere Child
- Author
- White, Christian
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - F-
- Edition
- First Edition - Uncorrected Proof
- ISBN 10
- 1743549091
- ISBN 13
- 9781743549094
- Publisher
- Affirm Press
- Place of Publication
- South Melbourne
- Date Published
- 2018
- Keywords
- Christian White The Nowhere Child Kentucky Victoria Rural Crime Thriller Australian Literature
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