It’s Auckland Anniversary 2003. On a summer beach in the Coromandel, Stewart holidays with his family, relieved to put the stresses of the old year behind them. They swim and sunbathe, and watch the launch of a hot-air balloon in a nearby park. Life seems good; their love is strong. But then one of the children goes missing and as Stewart and Sylvia search, the certainties of their world begin to crumble. Twenty years later, it will take another generation to make sense of that day on the beach and to come terms with its legacy.
In this story of love and loss and searching, David Briggs explores questions of what makes us who we are, what scope we have to change ourselves, and the over-riding power of forgiveness.
Genre: Literary Fiction
In this story of love and loss and searching, David Briggs explores questions of what makes us who we are, what scope we have to change ourselves, and the over-riding power of forgiveness.
Genre: Literary Fiction
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