· This is the mood captured by the enthralling debut novel from Felicity McLean. Part domestic thriller and part Australian Gothic drama, The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone is a dreamy and evocative story that is as captivating on the last page as it is on the first. The Van Apfel girls in question are Ruth, Hannah, and Cordie Van Apfel, three sisters living restlessly under the thumb of their father Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins. · Modern history is littered with true-life stories about missing children who are never found — think the Beaumont children (in Australia) or Madeline McCann (in the UK). Felicity McLean takes this idea as the focal point of her debut novel The Van Apfel Girls are Gone, which tells the story of the fictional disappearance of three blonde sisters — the Van Apfel children of the title — from the Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins. Set in a small semi-rural Australian town, the three Van Apfel girls of the title vanish on a hot Summer’s night in The novel’s protagonist, Tikka, was eleven years old and a friend of the girls, on the cusp of adolescence, she veers between knowing more than she should and displaying her innocence through misunderstandings/5().
Part mystery, part darkly comic coming-of-age story, The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone by Felicity McLean is a page-turning read with a dark, shimmering absence at its heart. Thirty-one-year-old Australian transplant Tikka Malloy is living an aimless life in Baltimore working at a lab and finding herself more and more distracted when she finds out her sister, Laura, has been diagnosed with cancer. by Felicity McLean. 17 September - 1 October Part mystery, part coming of age story, The Van Apfel Girls are Gone is set in a distant suburb on the encroaching bushland, over the long hot summer of It's the summer of the school's Showstopper concert. The summer Tikka never forgot. the van apfel girls are gone by Felicity McLean ‧ RELEASE DATE: J A journalist makes her fiction debut with a tale of missing girls as told by one girl who never stopped missing them.
The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone taps into that period of adolescence perfectly. The book is mostly narrated by an eleven-year-old girl, Tikka, as she experiences the tumultuous summer in when her friends, the Van Apfel girls, go missing. Set in a small semi-rural Australian town, the three Van Apfel girls of the title vanish on a hot Summer’s night in The novel’s protagonist, Tikka, was eleven years old and a friend of the girls, on the cusp of adolescence, she veers between knowing more than she should and displaying her innocence through misunderstandings. Containing summer friendships, whispered secrets, and a dark, hidden truth, Felicity McLean’s The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone is poignant and jarring McLean’s writing style is poetic and fluid, and her descriptions are tactile. Gripping and beautiful in its sadness, the text conveys the girls’ fear and anxiety in a way that is tangible and eloquent The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone is extraordinary—a warm flashback to summer with a dark underbelly. Reading it is like opening a.
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