![]() ![]() ![]() "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. An award-winner in the UK, Valentine’s debut novel shines richly like the polished wood of Violet’s urn. Things get even stranger when Lucas discovers an urn. One day, his dad just vanished - and nobody else seems too concerned. Fifteen year- old Lucas Swain hasn't seen his father for five years. Lucas’s pitch-perfect voice, the authentic family relationships, the mild psychic element, and the poignant, coming-of-age mystery will stay with the reader long after the book ends. Author Jenny Valentine earned a chorus of critical praise with this dark and humorous debut novel. Is she trying to communicate with him? Lucas embarks on an investigation into her life, and his spine-tingling discoveries allow him to powerfully and finally lay the memory of his father to rest. ![]() A string of ensuing coincidences tie him-and his father-to the deceased, Violet, a famous pianist. While waiting in a London office lobby, a funeral urn draws his attention, and he feels an overpowering urge to know the person inside. With so many ghostlike family members, it’s not surprising that Lucas begins to sense a connection with the dead. *Starred Review* Lucas feels surrounded by the missing: his sister avoids home, his mother is absorbed in a midlife crisis, his grandfather has dementia, and his journalist father went missing years ago. ![]()
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