01219nam a22001577b 450000500170000000800410001702000230005804000140008104100060009508200120010110000200011324500980013326000280023130000230025950007790028220240828105040.0240828b        sa ||||| |||| 00| 1 eng d  a9781786499424qpbk  aRDAcOCLC  2E  aEF DONO  aDonohue, Rachel  aThe beauty of impossible thingsbA summer of change. A lifetime of regret.cby Rachel Donohue  aLondon;bCorvus;c2022.  a309 pages;c20 cm.  aThe summer Natasha Rothwell turns fifteen, strange dancing lights appear in the sky above her small town, lights that she interprets as portents of doom.

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.

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…