Alice Millar

Summer, 1997. Twelve-year-old Grace and eleven-year-old Asta have been friends for as long as they can remember. When her father suddenly leaves, Grace’s fascination with religion and the supernatural becomes an obsession. At the end of the school holidays the girls go to stay in a cottage in the Cornish countryside with Asta’s bohemian mum, Kate. There, troubled Grace is forced to confront her demons...

Repressed by her father's ideals, Masie hides her true self in order to try to meet his expectations - expectations effortlessly met by her brother. Unable to remain true to herself and her father's dated opinions of life, she disappears leaving him distraught and concerned for her welfare.

Summer, 1997. Twelve-year-old Grace and eleven-year-old Asta have been friends for as long as they can remember. When her father suddenly leaves, Grace’s fascination with religion and the supernatural becomes an obsession. At the end of the school holidays the girls go to stay in a cottage in the Cornish countryside with Asta’s bohemian mum, Kate. There, troubled Grace is forced to confront her demons...

Repressed by her father's ideals, Masie hides her true self in order to try to meet his expectations - expectations effortlessly met by her brother. Unable to remain true to herself and her father's dated opinions of life, she disappears leaving him distraught and concerned for her welfare.