The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer DOC read
9781612195001 English 1612195008 * An Amazon Best Book of the Month * Costa Book Award for First Novel finalist * Dagger Award finalist "Keeps the reader turning pages at a frantic clip... What's most powerful here is not whodunnit, or even why, but how this mother and daughter bear their separation, and the stories they tell themselves to help endure it." --Celeste Ng ( Everything I Never Told You ) "Compulsively readable...Beautifully written and unpredictable, I had to stop myself racing to the end to find out what happened." --Rosamund Lupton ( Sister ) "Both gripping and sensitive -- beautifully written, it is a compulsive, aching story full of loss and redemption." --Lisa Ballantyne ( The Guilty One) "Hamer's dark tale of the lost and found is nearly impossible to put down." --Booklist Newly single mom Beth has one constant, gnawing worry: that her dreamy eight-year-old daughter, Carmel, who has a tendency to wander off, will one day go missing. And then one day, it happens: On a Saturday morning thick with fog, Beth takes Carmel to a local outdoor festival, they get separated in the crowd, and Carmel is gone. Shattered, Beth sets herself on the grim and lonely mission to find her daughter, keeping on relentlessly even as the authorities tell her that Carmel may be gone for good. Carmel, meanwhile, is on a strange and harrowing journey of her own--to a totally unexpected place that requires her to live by her wits, while trying desperately to keep in her head, at all times, a vision of her mother ... Alternating between Beth's story and Carmel's, and written in gripping prose that won't let go, The Girl in the Red Coat--like Emma Donoghue's Room and M. L. Stedman's The Light Between Oceans--is an utterly immersive story that's impossible to put down . . . and impossible to forget., * Costa Book Award for First Novel finalist * Dagger Award finalist "Kate Hamer's gripping debut novel immediately recalls the explosion of similarly titled books and movies, from Stieg Larsson's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and its sequels, to The Girl on the Train to Gone Girl ... "--Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "Keeps the reader turning pages at a frantic clip... What's most powerful here is not whodunnit, or even why, but how this mother and daughter bear their separation, and the stories they tell themselves to help endure it." --Celeste Ng ( Everything I Never Told You ) "Compulsively readable...Beautifully written and unpredictable, I had to stop myself racing to the end to find out what happened." --Rosamund Lupton ( Sister ) "Both gripping and sensitive -- beautifully written, it is a compulsive, aching story full of loss and redemption." --Lisa Ballantyne ( The Guilty One) "Hamer's dark tale of the lost and found is nearly impossible to put down." --Booklist Newly single mom Beth has one constant, gnawing worry: that her dreamy eight-year-old daughter, Carmel, who has a tendency to wander off, will one day go missing. And then one day, it happens: On a Saturday morning thick with fog, Beth takes Carmel to a local outdoor festival, they get separated in the crowd, and Carmel is gone. Shattered, Beth sets herself on the grim and lonely mission to find her daughter, keeping on relentlessly even as the authorities tell her that Carmel may be gone for good. Carmel, meanwhile, is on a strange and harrowing journey of her own--to a totally unexpected place that requires her to live by her wits, while trying desperately to keep in her head, at all times, a vision of her mother ... Alternating between Beth's story and Carmel's, and written in gripping prose that won't let go, The Girl in the Red Coat--like Emma Donoghue's Room and M. L. Stedman's The Light Between Oceans--is an utterly immersive story that's impossible to put down . . . and impossible to forget., * Costa Book Award for First Novel finalist * Dagger Award finalist "Keeps the reader turning pages at a frantic clip... What's most powerful here is not whodunnit, or even why, but how this mother and daughter bear their separation, and the stories they tell themselves to help endure it." --Celeste Ng ( Everything I Never Told You ) "Compulsively readable...Beautifully written and unpredictable, I had to stop myself racing to the end to find out what happened." --Rosamund Lupton ( Sister ) "Both gripping and sensitive -- beautifully written, it is a compulsive, aching story full of loss and redemption." --Lisa Ballantyne ( The Guilty One) "Hamer's dark tale of the lost and found is nearly impossible to put down." --Booklist Newly single mom Beth has one constant, gnawing worry: that her dreamy eight-year-old daughter, Carmel, who has a tendency to wander off, will one day go missing. And then one day, it happens: On a Saturday morning thick with fog, Beth takes Carmel to a local outdoor festival, they get separated in the crowd, and Carmel is gone. Shattered, Beth sets herself on the grim and lonely mission to find her daughter, keeping on relentlessly even as the authorities tell her that Carmel may be gone for good. Carmel, meanwhile, is on a strange and harrowing journey of her own--to a totally unexpected place that requires her to live by her wits, while trying desperately to keep in her head, at all times, a vision of her mother ... Alternating between Beth's story and Carmel's, and written in gripping prose that won't let go, The Girl in the Red Coat--like Emma Donoghue's Room and M. L. Stedman's The Light Between Oceans--is an utterly immersive story that's impossible to put down . . . and impossible to forget., * Finalist for the Costa Book Award for First Novel * Finalist for the Dagger Award "Keeps the reader turning pages at a frantic clip... What's most powerful here is not whodunnit, or even why, but how this mother and daughter bear their separation, and the stories they tell themselves to help endure it." --Celeste Ng ( Everything I Never Told You ) "Compulsively readable...Beautifully written and unpredictable, I had to stop myself racing to the end to find out what happened." --Rosamund Lupton ( Sister ) "Both gripping and sensitive -- beautifully written, it is a compulsive, aching story full of loss and redemption." --Lisa Ballantyne ( The Guilty One) "Hamer's dark tale of the lost and found is nearly impossible to put down." --Booklist It's a parent's worst nightmare: a missing child. For newly single mom Beth, the possibility is a constant, gnawing worry, because her dreamy eight-year-old daughter, Carmel, has a tendency to wander off. And then one day, it happens: On a Saturday morning thick with fog, Beth takes Carmel to a local festival, they get separated in the crowd, and Carmel is gone. Shattered, Beth nonetheless sets herself on the grim and lonely mission to find her daughter, keeping on relentlessly even as the authorities tell her that Carmel may be gone for good. Carmel, meanwhile, is on a strange and frightening journey of her own, a journey to a totally unexpected place that requires her to live by her wits, while trying desperately to keep in her head --- at all times --- a vision of her mother. Alternating between Beth's story and Carmel's, and written in gripping prose that won't let go, The Girl in the Red Coat --- like Emma Donoghue's Room and M. L. Stedman's The Light Between Oceans --- is an utterly immersive story that's impossible to put down ... and impossible to forget., Costa Book Award for First Novel finalist Dagger Award finalist Keeps the reader turning pages at a frantic clip... What s most powerful here is not whodunnit, or even why, but how this mother and daughter bear their separation, and the stories they tell themselves to help endure it. Celeste Ng ("Everything I Never Told You") Compulsively readable...Beautifully written and unpredictable, I had to stop myself racing to the end to find out what happened. Rosamund Lupton ("Sister") Both gripping and sensitive beautifully written, it is a compulsive, aching story full of loss and redemption. Lisa Ballantyne ("The Guilty One)" "Hamer s dark tale of the lost and found is nearly impossible to put down. Booklist Newly single mom Beth has one constant, gnawing worry: that her dreamy eight-year-old daughter, Carmel, who has a tendency to wander off, will one day go missing. And then one day, it happens: On a Saturday morning thick with fog, Beth takes Carmel to a local outdoor festival, they get separated in the crowd, and Carmel is gone. Shattered, Beth sets herself on the grim and lonely mission to find her daughter, keeping on relentlessly even as the authorities tell her that Carmel may be gone for good. Carmel, meanwhile, is on a strange and harrowing journey of her own to a totally unexpected place that requires her to live by her wits, while trying desperately to keep in her head, at all times, a vision of her mother Alternating between Beth s story and Carmel s, and written in gripping prose that won t let go, The Girl in the Red Coat like Emma Donoghue s Room and M. L. Stedman s The Light Between Oceans is an utterly immersive story that simpossible to put down . . . and impossible to forget.", Eight-year-old Carmel has always been different - sensitive, distracted, with an heartstopping tendency to go missing. Her mother Beth, newly single, worries about her daughter's strangeness, especially as she is trying to rebuild a life for the two of them on her own., Eight-year-old Carmel has always been different--sensitive, distracted, with an heart-stopping tendency to go missing. Her mother Beth, newly single, worries about her daughter's strangeness, especially as she is trying to build a new life for the two of them. When she takes Carmel to a local festival, her worst fear is realized: Carmel disappears into the crowd. Unable to accept the possibility that her daughter might be gone forever, Beth embarks on a mission to find her. Meanwhile, Carmel begins an extraordinary and terrifying journey of her own. But do the real clues to Carmel's disappearance lie in the otherworldly qualities her mother had only begun to guess at? Like Emma Donoghue's Room and M. L. Stedman's The Light Between Oceans , The Girl in the Red Coat is an utterly immersive story that's impossible to put down--and impossible to forget., Finalist for the Costa Book Award for First Novel Finalist for the Dagger Award Keeps the reader turning pages at a frantic clip... What s most powerful here is not whodunnit, or even why, but how this mother and daughter bear their separation, and the stories they tell themselves to help endure it. Celeste Ng ("Everything I Never Told You") Compulsively readable...Beautifully written and unpredictable, I had to stop myself racing to the end to find out what happened. Rosamund Lupton ("Sister") Both gripping and sensitive beautifully written, it is a compulsive, aching story full of loss and redemption. Lisa Ballantyne ("The Guilty One)" "Hamer s dark tale of the lost and found is nearly impossible to put down. Booklist It's a parent's worst nightmare: a missing child. For newly single mom Beth, the possibility is a constant, gnawing worry, because her dreamy eight-year-old daughter, Carmel, has a tendency to wander off. And then one day, it happens: Beth takes Carmel to a local outdoor festival, they get separated in the crowd, and Carmel is gone. Shattered, Beth finds herself on a lonely, grim, and harrowing mission to find her daughter ... even as the authorities advise her that signs indicate Carmel may be gone for good. Carmel, meanwhile, is on an extraordinary and terrifying journey of her own, a journey that requries her to live by her wits while trying to keep in her head --- at all times --- a vision of her mother. Alternating between Beth's story and Carmel's, and written in gripping prose, "The Girl in the Red Coat "---like Emma Donoghue s "Room" and M. L. Stedman s "The Light Between Oceans"---is an utterly immersive story that s impossible to put down ... and impossible to forget.", It's a parent's worst nightmare: a missing child. For newly single mom Beth, the possibility is a constant, gnawing worry, because her dreamy eight-year-old daughter, Carmel, has a tendency to wander off. And then one day, it happens: Beth takes Carmel to a local outdoor festival, they get separated in the crowd, and Carmel is gone. Shattered, Beth finds herself on a lonely, grim, and harrowing mission to find her daughter ... even as the authorities advise her that signs indicate Carmel may be gone for good. Carmel, meanwhile, is on an extraordinary and terrifying journey of her own, a journey that requries her to live by her wits while trying to keep in her head --- at all times --- a vision of her mother. Alternating between Beth's story and Carmel's, and written in gripping prose, "The Girl in the Red Coat "---like Emma Donoghue s "Room" and M. L. Stedman s "The Light Between Oceans"---is an utterly immersive story that s impossible to put down ... and impossible to forget."
9781612195001 English 1612195008 * An Amazon Best Book of the Month * Costa Book Award for First Novel finalist * Dagger Award finalist "Keeps the reader turning pages at a frantic clip... What's most powerful here is not whodunnit, or even why, but how this mother and daughter bear their separation, and the stories they tell themselves to help endure it." --Celeste Ng ( Everything I Never Told You ) "Compulsively readable...Beautifully written and unpredictable, I had to stop myself racing to the end to find out what happened." --Rosamund Lupton ( Sister ) "Both gripping and sensitive -- beautifully written, it is a compulsive, aching story full of loss and redemption." --Lisa Ballantyne ( The Guilty One) "Hamer's dark tale of the lost and found is nearly impossible to put down." --Booklist Newly single mom Beth has one constant, gnawing worry: that her dreamy eight-year-old daughter, Carmel, who has a tendency to wander off, will one day go missing. And then one day, it happens: On a Saturday morning thick with fog, Beth takes Carmel to a local outdoor festival, they get separated in the crowd, and Carmel is gone. Shattered, Beth sets herself on the grim and lonely mission to find her daughter, keeping on relentlessly even as the authorities tell her that Carmel may be gone for good. Carmel, meanwhile, is on a strange and harrowing journey of her own--to a totally unexpected place that requires her to live by her wits, while trying desperately to keep in her head, at all times, a vision of her mother ... Alternating between Beth's story and Carmel's, and written in gripping prose that won't let go, The Girl in the Red Coat--like Emma Donoghue's Room and M. L. Stedman's The Light Between Oceans--is an utterly immersive story that's impossible to put down . . . and impossible to forget., * Costa Book Award for First Novel finalist * Dagger Award finalist "Kate Hamer's gripping debut novel immediately recalls the explosion of similarly titled books and movies, from Stieg Larsson's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and its sequels, to The Girl on the Train to Gone Girl ... "--Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "Keeps the reader turning pages at a frantic clip... What's most powerful here is not whodunnit, or even why, but how this mother and daughter bear their separation, and the stories they tell themselves to help endure it." --Celeste Ng ( Everything I Never Told You ) "Compulsively readable...Beautifully written and unpredictable, I had to stop myself racing to the end to find out what happened." --Rosamund Lupton ( Sister ) "Both gripping and sensitive -- beautifully written, it is a compulsive, aching story full of loss and redemption." --Lisa Ballantyne ( The Guilty One) "Hamer's dark tale of the lost and found is nearly impossible to put down." --Booklist Newly single mom Beth has one constant, gnawing worry: that her dreamy eight-year-old daughter, Carmel, who has a tendency to wander off, will one day go missing. And then one day, it happens: On a Saturday morning thick with fog, Beth takes Carmel to a local outdoor festival, they get separated in the crowd, and Carmel is gone. Shattered, Beth sets herself on the grim and lonely mission to find her daughter, keeping on relentlessly even as the authorities tell her that Carmel may be gone for good. Carmel, meanwhile, is on a strange and harrowing journey of her own--to a totally unexpected place that requires her to live by her wits, while trying desperately to keep in her head, at all times, a vision of her mother ... Alternating between Beth's story and Carmel's, and written in gripping prose that won't let go, The Girl in the Red Coat--like Emma Donoghue's Room and M. L. Stedman's The Light Between Oceans--is an utterly immersive story that's impossible to put down . . . and impossible to forget., * Costa Book Award for First Novel finalist * Dagger Award finalist "Keeps the reader turning pages at a frantic clip... What's most powerful here is not whodunnit, or even why, but how this mother and daughter bear their separation, and the stories they tell themselves to help endure it." --Celeste Ng ( Everything I Never Told You ) "Compulsively readable...Beautifully written and unpredictable, I had to stop myself racing to the end to find out what happened." --Rosamund Lupton ( Sister ) "Both gripping and sensitive -- beautifully written, it is a compulsive, aching story full of loss and redemption." --Lisa Ballantyne ( The Guilty One) "Hamer's dark tale of the lost and found is nearly impossible to put down." --Booklist Newly single mom Beth has one constant, gnawing worry: that her dreamy eight-year-old daughter, Carmel, who has a tendency to wander off, will one day go missing. And then one day, it happens: On a Saturday morning thick with fog, Beth takes Carmel to a local outdoor festival, they get separated in the crowd, and Carmel is gone. Shattered, Beth sets herself on the grim and lonely mission to find her daughter, keeping on relentlessly even as the authorities tell her that Carmel may be gone for good. Carmel, meanwhile, is on a strange and harrowing journey of her own--to a totally unexpected place that requires her to live by her wits, while trying desperately to keep in her head, at all times, a vision of her mother ... Alternating between Beth's story and Carmel's, and written in gripping prose that won't let go, The Girl in the Red Coat--like Emma Donoghue's Room and M. L. Stedman's The Light Between Oceans--is an utterly immersive story that's impossible to put down . . . and impossible to forget., * Finalist for the Costa Book Award for First Novel * Finalist for the Dagger Award "Keeps the reader turning pages at a frantic clip... What's most powerful here is not whodunnit, or even why, but how this mother and daughter bear their separation, and the stories they tell themselves to help endure it." --Celeste Ng ( Everything I Never Told You ) "Compulsively readable...Beautifully written and unpredictable, I had to stop myself racing to the end to find out what happened." --Rosamund Lupton ( Sister ) "Both gripping and sensitive -- beautifully written, it is a compulsive, aching story full of loss and redemption." --Lisa Ballantyne ( The Guilty One) "Hamer's dark tale of the lost and found is nearly impossible to put down." --Booklist It's a parent's worst nightmare: a missing child. For newly single mom Beth, the possibility is a constant, gnawing worry, because her dreamy eight-year-old daughter, Carmel, has a tendency to wander off. And then one day, it happens: On a Saturday morning thick with fog, Beth takes Carmel to a local festival, they get separated in the crowd, and Carmel is gone. Shattered, Beth nonetheless sets herself on the grim and lonely mission to find her daughter, keeping on relentlessly even as the authorities tell her that Carmel may be gone for good. Carmel, meanwhile, is on a strange and frightening journey of her own, a journey to a totally unexpected place that requires her to live by her wits, while trying desperately to keep in her head --- at all times --- a vision of her mother. Alternating between Beth's story and Carmel's, and written in gripping prose that won't let go, The Girl in the Red Coat --- like Emma Donoghue's Room and M. L. Stedman's The Light Between Oceans --- is an utterly immersive story that's impossible to put down ... and impossible to forget., Costa Book Award for First Novel finalist Dagger Award finalist Keeps the reader turning pages at a frantic clip... What s most powerful here is not whodunnit, or even why, but how this mother and daughter bear their separation, and the stories they tell themselves to help endure it. Celeste Ng ("Everything I Never Told You") Compulsively readable...Beautifully written and unpredictable, I had to stop myself racing to the end to find out what happened. Rosamund Lupton ("Sister") Both gripping and sensitive beautifully written, it is a compulsive, aching story full of loss and redemption. Lisa Ballantyne ("The Guilty One)" "Hamer s dark tale of the lost and found is nearly impossible to put down. Booklist Newly single mom Beth has one constant, gnawing worry: that her dreamy eight-year-old daughter, Carmel, who has a tendency to wander off, will one day go missing. And then one day, it happens: On a Saturday morning thick with fog, Beth takes Carmel to a local outdoor festival, they get separated in the crowd, and Carmel is gone. Shattered, Beth sets herself on the grim and lonely mission to find her daughter, keeping on relentlessly even as the authorities tell her that Carmel may be gone for good. Carmel, meanwhile, is on a strange and harrowing journey of her own to a totally unexpected place that requires her to live by her wits, while trying desperately to keep in her head, at all times, a vision of her mother Alternating between Beth s story and Carmel s, and written in gripping prose that won t let go, The Girl in the Red Coat like Emma Donoghue s Room and M. L. Stedman s The Light Between Oceans is an utterly immersive story that simpossible to put down . . . and impossible to forget.", Eight-year-old Carmel has always been different - sensitive, distracted, with an heartstopping tendency to go missing. Her mother Beth, newly single, worries about her daughter's strangeness, especially as she is trying to rebuild a life for the two of them on her own., Eight-year-old Carmel has always been different--sensitive, distracted, with an heart-stopping tendency to go missing. Her mother Beth, newly single, worries about her daughter's strangeness, especially as she is trying to build a new life for the two of them. When she takes Carmel to a local festival, her worst fear is realized: Carmel disappears into the crowd. Unable to accept the possibility that her daughter might be gone forever, Beth embarks on a mission to find her. Meanwhile, Carmel begins an extraordinary and terrifying journey of her own. But do the real clues to Carmel's disappearance lie in the otherworldly qualities her mother had only begun to guess at? Like Emma Donoghue's Room and M. L. Stedman's The Light Between Oceans , The Girl in the Red Coat is an utterly immersive story that's impossible to put down--and impossible to forget., Finalist for the Costa Book Award for First Novel Finalist for the Dagger Award Keeps the reader turning pages at a frantic clip... What s most powerful here is not whodunnit, or even why, but how this mother and daughter bear their separation, and the stories they tell themselves to help endure it. Celeste Ng ("Everything I Never Told You") Compulsively readable...Beautifully written and unpredictable, I had to stop myself racing to the end to find out what happened. Rosamund Lupton ("Sister") Both gripping and sensitive beautifully written, it is a compulsive, aching story full of loss and redemption. Lisa Ballantyne ("The Guilty One)" "Hamer s dark tale of the lost and found is nearly impossible to put down. Booklist It's a parent's worst nightmare: a missing child. For newly single mom Beth, the possibility is a constant, gnawing worry, because her dreamy eight-year-old daughter, Carmel, has a tendency to wander off. And then one day, it happens: Beth takes Carmel to a local outdoor festival, they get separated in the crowd, and Carmel is gone. Shattered, Beth finds herself on a lonely, grim, and harrowing mission to find her daughter ... even as the authorities advise her that signs indicate Carmel may be gone for good. Carmel, meanwhile, is on an extraordinary and terrifying journey of her own, a journey that requries her to live by her wits while trying to keep in her head --- at all times --- a vision of her mother. Alternating between Beth's story and Carmel's, and written in gripping prose, "The Girl in the Red Coat "---like Emma Donoghue s "Room" and M. L. Stedman s "The Light Between Oceans"---is an utterly immersive story that s impossible to put down ... and impossible to forget.", It's a parent's worst nightmare: a missing child. For newly single mom Beth, the possibility is a constant, gnawing worry, because her dreamy eight-year-old daughter, Carmel, has a tendency to wander off. And then one day, it happens: Beth takes Carmel to a local outdoor festival, they get separated in the crowd, and Carmel is gone. Shattered, Beth finds herself on a lonely, grim, and harrowing mission to find her daughter ... even as the authorities advise her that signs indicate Carmel may be gone for good. Carmel, meanwhile, is on an extraordinary and terrifying journey of her own, a journey that requries her to live by her wits while trying to keep in her head --- at all times --- a vision of her mother. Alternating between Beth's story and Carmel's, and written in gripping prose, "The Girl in the Red Coat "---like Emma Donoghue s "Room" and M. L. Stedman s "The Light Between Oceans"---is an utterly immersive story that s impossible to put down ... and impossible to forget."