When William marries Rosie's wealthy mother, and moves in, with his son Tom, Rosie is delighted. At first, she adores her self-assured and ambitious new step-father, sure that she has so much to learn from him. William, for his part, takes every advantage of his new life, setting up a successful school inspection business. But as time goes on, Rosie can't help but begin to ask serious questions as to what kind of man he really is. To find out the truth, she and her friends set out on their own private, highly risky, investigation, subtly influenced by their eccentric philosophy teacher, Dr Woods, who constantly challenges, and deepens, the girls' thinking in his weekly philosophy lessons. As Rosie's world at home begins to fall apart, she finds another ally in Tom, and they feel compelled to get away to rediscover their real parents, Tom's lost mother and Rosie's unknown father, a decision that will have disastrous and unforeseen consequences.
This riveting story of love, betrayal and even murder raises questions about the nature of true knowledge and true feelings through a profound, forensic study of the maturing mind and sensibility of a highly intelligent girl in the inestimable company of her observing, commenting and suffering friends.
- ISBN10 1848763174
- ISBN13 9781848763173
- Publish Date 30 December 2010
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 24 February 2016
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Troubador Publishing
- Imprint Matador
- Format Paperback
- Pages 272
- Language English