In the clearing
By: J.P. Pomare
Publisher: Hachette Australia
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Sydney, NSW
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9781869713393; 9780733640261
Copyright date: 2020
Subjects: Teenage girls; Fiction; Cults; Missing persons; Abused children; Secrecy; Life change events; Modern & contemporary fiction
Description: "Amy has only ever known what life is like in the Clearing. She knows what's expected of her. She knows what to do to please her elders, and how to make sure life in the community remains happy and calm. That is, until a new young girl joins the group. She isn't fitting in; she doesn't want to stay. What happens next will turn life as Amy knows it on its head. Freya has gone to great lengths to feel like a 'normal person'. In fact, if you saw her go about her day with her young son, you'd think she was an everyday mum. That is, until a young girl goes missing and someone from her past, someone she hasn't seen for a very long time, arrives in town. As Amy and Freya's story intertwines the secrets of the past bubble up to the surface. This rural Aussie town's dark underbelly is about to be exposed and lives will be destroyed."--Publisher description.
Notes: Author was born in New Zealand.