Having inherited a considerable fortune from her American Godmother, the beautiful young debutante,Zarina Bryden, really is the belle of the ball throughout London Society, wooed by an endless parade of insincere suitors in love with her money and not with her.īoth her mother and father have died and so she is an orphan, but a very rich one indeed. How can she restore their loving relationship? The Girl Who Disappeared is a moving love story about one woman's enduring resilience, a story full of quiet humour and surprising twists and turns. Emily worries that she might have a rival for his affections. The war changes Walter into an efficient army officer who demands to be obeyed. When Walter volunteers for the army, Emily and her son are evacuated to a rat infested cottage in a farming community near Hebden Bridge. Their air raid shelter is destroyed by a direct hit. The family experience rationing and the terror of bombing. Emily's actions will see her struggle to survive the subsequent devastation brought about by the war, as she and her four year old son are thrown into the midst of danger and death. She sees marriage as a partnership of equals and resolves to elope to escape such a male dominated society. The fire that keeps them warm in the forest isn't the only spark between them will their growing relationship survive Lander's determination to find the way out, or will Yban's past mistakes keep them hidden in the forest forever?Įmily falls passionately in love with working class Walter, despite fierce opposition from her class conscious father. But during the dark hours, Lander gets to know him and starts unwrapping the layers that surround him.

He disappears every day, and he won't tell Lander where he goes. Yban has been in the forest a long time and he knows it like no other-but he comes with his own secrets. There were always stories of people getting lost forever in the forest, but Lander had never considered they might be true. It's like the trees have a mind of their own, and they are stopping him from finding his way back. He just needs to walk in and then come out, right? But that's easier said than done. Summary When Lander accepts a dare to go into the forest at night, he thinks it'll be easy.

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