The Beauty of Impossible Things

<b>Rachel Donohue</b> graduated from University College Dublin in Philosophy and Politics before embarking on a career in communications and media relations. Her short fiction has been published in the Irish Times Irish Independent and at RTE online (Irish national broadcaster). In 2017 she won the prestigious Hennessy New Irish Writer of the Year Award for her short fiction. Her debut novel <i>The Temple House Vanishing</i> was an <i>Irish Times </i>bestseller. <b>'Poetic atmospheric' <i>Daily Mail </i></b><br><b><i>___________________________</i></b><br><b></b><br><b>Foresight is not always a gift...</b><br><br>The summer Natasha Rothwell turns fifteen strange dancing lights appear in the sky above her small town lights that she interprets as portents of doom.<br><br>Natasha leads a sheltered life with her beautiful bohemian mother in a crumbling house by the sea. As news of the lights spreads more and more visitors arrive in the town creating a feverish atmosphere of anticipation and dread. And the arrival of a new lodger the handsome Mr Bowen threatens to upset the delicate equilibrium between mother and daughter.<br><br>Then Natasha's fears seem to be realized when a local teenager goes missing and she is called on to help. But her actions over that long hot summer will have unforeseen and ultimately tragic consequences that will cast a shadow for many years to come... <b>This perfect slice of Summer Gothic is a darkly beguiling coming-of-age tale threaded with fading seaside glamour and simmering heat from the <i>Irish Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Temple House Vanishing</i>.</b> A brooding gothic-tinged coming-of-age tale... <b>There is a gentle lyricism to Donohue's prose that brushes everything with a dreamy heat haze</b> - but the emotions roiling beneath are sharp and cutting <b>Poetic atmospheric</b> An <b>elegant</b> coming-of-age novel that has touches of Françoise Sagan's <i>Bonjour Tristesse</i> as well as LP Hartley's <i>The Go-Between</i> ... the atmosphere and characters Donohue creates linger long after finishing. <b>Haunting and compelling </b> <b>Brims with atmospheric eerie tension</b> Donohue looks to be the latest name to join the ranks of Ireland's proud female thriller-writing tradition. Donohue's language is sharp mature and occasionally quite beautiful. There is a poetic lilt to the prose... <b>Donohue is a master of clean sharp prose</b> Eloquent lyrical prose ... fascinating and thought-provoking Donohue's writing is crisp and <b>frequently elegant</b> ... the novel's moving ending feels earned and real. <b>Donohue writes with an apparently effortless grace</b> Donohue's <b>lyrical</b> novel elegantly blends all the elements of uncertainty and puberty into a decidedly strange but satisfying brew... <b>Entrancing</b>