Seesaw
Moggach, Deborah2005
Book
Total copies: 1
The Price family are privileged, with a big house in Stanmore. But one day their 17 year-old daughter doesn't come home. Two days later her nose ring lands on the doormat with a ransom note and the price to be paid comes to more than just money. From the bestselling author of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Take an ordinary, well-off family like the Prices. Watch what happens when one Sunday seventeen-year-old Hannah disappears without a trace. See how the family rallies when a ransom note demands half a million pounds for Hannah's safe return. But it's when Hannah comes home that the story really begins. Now observe what happens to a family when they lose their house, their status, all their wealth. Note how they disintegrate under the pressures of guilt and poverty and are forced to confront their true selves. And, finally, wait to hear about Hannah, who has the most shocking surprise in store of all.
Main title:
Seesaw / Deborah Moggach.
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Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2005.
Collation:
329 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Heinemann, 1996.
ISBN:
9780099477723 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.914
LC class:
PR6063.O44
Language:
English
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BRN:
347511