World Before Us

''Strange and absorbing . . . I relished this book'' - Penelope Lively, The New York Times Book Review

''Sensitive, melancholy, sharply observant. A work of great power'' - Guardian

Jane was fifteen when her life changed for ever. In the woods surrounding a Yorkshire country house, she took her eyes off the little girl she was minding and the girl slipped into the trees - never to be seen again.

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