The Nowhere Child by Christian White
The Author:
“Christian White is an Australian author and screenwriter. His debut novel, The Nowhere Child, won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript.
He co-created the television series Carnivores, currently in development with Matchbox Pictures and Heyday TV, and co-wrote Relic, a psychological horror feature film to be produced by Carver Films (The Snowtown Murders, Partisan). Born and raised on the Mornington Peninsula, Christian had an eclectic range of ‘day jobs’ before he was able to write full-time, including food-cart driver on a golf course and video editor for an adult film company. He now spends his days writing from his home in Melbourne where he lives with his wife, the filmmaker Summer DeRoche, and their adopted greyhound, Issy.
Christian has a passion for true crime podcasts, Stephen King and anything to do with Bigfoot. The Nowhere Child is his first book. Christian’s currently working on his second novel, due for publication by Affirm Press in 2019. “ Source Booktopia
Reader & Industry Reviews:
*Hugely entertaining ... a multifaceted, unsettling debut. - The Age
*Tight, gripping and impressive in all the right places. - The Saturday Paper Source: Good Reads
*4/5 Goodreads, 4.3/5 Amazon, 4.8/5 Target Australia, 91% liked this book -Google users Source: Good Reads
“ Her name is Sammy Went. This photo was taken on her second birthday.
Three days later she was gone. On a break between teaching photography classes in Melbourne, Kim Leamy is approached by a stranger investigating the disappearance of a little girl from her Kentucky home twenty-eight years earlier. He believes Kim is that girl. At first she brushes it off, but when Kim scratches the surface of her family history in Australia, questions arise that aren't easily answered. To find the truth, she must travel to Sammy's home of Manson, Kentucky, and into a dark past. As the mystery of Sammy's disappearance unravels and the town's secrets are revealed, this superb novel builds.
The Nowhere Child is a combustible tale of trauma, cult, conspiracy and memory. It is the remarkable debut of Christian White, an exhilarating new Australian talent. “ Source: Booktopia
Our Review:
This month’s book received a mixed bag of reviews from the seven Book Club members present at our latest meeting. We all read the book and found it an easy read but with a complex structure of alternate chapters or sections set in two time zones, “now” and “past”. Some of us found this either confusing or frustrating. I personally do not enjoy this type of structure in a novel although I realise in a mystery genre book it adds to the mystery and keeps you reading. The many twists and turns in the story line also lead to the mystery of “who took Sammy Went” but eventually I found the ending a big surprise. I understand why this book has been hailed as a good mystery novel and received world-wide accolades and sales. We would recommend this book.
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Thank you to Margaret Cassidy for suppplying this book review.
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