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Lädt ... Seesaw (1996)von Deborah Moggach
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. De familie Price leidt een rustig en welvarend bestaan in het groene Stanmore. Dan komt hun zeventienjarige dochter Hannah op de dag niet thuis. Twee dagen later ligt haar neusknopje op de deurmat en komt er via de fax een eis om losgeld binnen. De ouders van Hannah willen de politie niet bij de ontvoering betrekken en besluiten te betalen. Door het hoge losgeld raken ze echter langzaam maar zeker alles kwijt: hun huis, de vader zijn bedrijf en de moeder haar baan. Hannah is inmiddels emotioneel steeds meer betrokken geraakt bij haar ontvoerders.Deze zijn bepaald niet de doorgewinterde criminelen die je in een zaak als deze verwacht....... I have read Deborah Moggach in the long distant past and watched some of her TV work too so this book caught my eye in the second hand shop. I really enjoyed reading this book made better for me as I am familiar with the location of Stanmore and some of the other places in the book. The story is about a wealthy and successful family whose eldest daughter is kidnapped and ransomed for money. The personal and financial repercussions are devastating but it is the detailed characters and their responses to their circumstances which hold the readers attention. In a bizzare turn of events by the end of the book I was rooting for Hannah and one of her kidnappers Jon to end up together and live happily ever after! Great writing and a thoroughly good read. Zeige 3 von 3 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Take an ordinary, well-off family like the Prices. Watch what happens when one Sunday seventeen-year-old Hannah disappears without a trace. See how the family rallies when a ransom note demands half a million pounds for Hannah's safe return. But it's when Hannah comes home that the story really begins. Now observe what happens to a family when they lose their house, their status, all their wealth. Note how they disintegrate under the pressures of guilt and poverty and are forced to confront their true selves. And, finally, wait to hear about Hannah, who has the most shocking surprise in store of all. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Another excellent read from Deborah Moggach - she knows how to dramatise everyday life, and she writes with great wit and perception. ( )