This is a novel about a young girl, who, growing up an outsider, becomes drawn into the life of a local family with some curious beliefs. They treat her as a daughter (for sinister reasons, we later find out) and take her away with them to a religious holiday camp. It is here that she is introduced to the Finnish Envallist branch of Protestantism and here that events start to take a terrible turn. Rejected by some of the sectarians for her non-commitment to their beliefs, Natalie creates a rift in the group which culminates in a climactic scene where she is gravely injured. Later, as an adult in Finland, she tries to make sense of what happened and to unlock the secret origins of Envallism itself.
- ISBN10 1771962968
- ISBN13 9781771962964
- Publish Date 6 August 2019 (first published 28 February 2002)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint Biblioasis
- Format eBook
- Language English