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One daughter is lost, another found.

A psychological thriller with an unforgettable twist.

1995 - 15-year-old Emma sends her family a bunch of flowers and disappears. Her best friend Kate blames herself. That night in west Wales, Idris and his son find a crashed car, a teenage girl and a man trying to kill her. The girl can't remember who she is. Their neighbour says it's her missing daughter, Alys, finally home, and takes her in.

Twenty years later, a body is found in a carpark where Emma was last seen. Kate believes that she has, at last, found the end of Emma's story; instead, it is only the beginning, as finally secrets will have to be faced.

A family mystery about escaping, finding home, and what - or who - is left behind.

Sarah Reynolds is an award-winning bilingual writer. Originally from Surrey, Sarah moved to Carmarthen in 2009. She's written two Welsh-language novels: 'Dysgu Byw' and 'Cyffesion Saesnes yng Nghymru.' Her short story, 'Catch of the Day' won the Rhys Davies Short Story prize and the short film adaptation, 'Helfa'r Heli' won a BAFTA Cymru award. She has written numerous short stories, articles and scripts. Traces of Alys came second place in the Bridport Novel Prize. She is a lecturer in Creative Writing at Swansea University, and lives with her family in Carmarthen.

Copies of the book will be available (card only) from our partner bookseller 'Cover to Cover'

A Cultural Institute event in partnership with Honno, Cover to Cover, and South Wales Miners' Library

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