She becomes a successful portrait painter in her late teens, despite suffering from a recurring nightmare. In this novel Meg Frazer was a child when her movie-star mom died not long after a divorce: Meg is sent from California to London to grow up with her emotionally-distant father. This story is an example of a particular romance-thriller formula favored by its author, Joan Aiken: a girl who grew up without a mother comes of age and is successful on her own terms, then stumbles into a conspiracy where she meets The Guy. THE WHISPERING MOUNTAIN - Prize winning WOLVES PREQUEL returns to PUFFIN BOOKS -įAVOURITE AIKEN STORIES - 'THE GIFT GIVING' THE SERIAL GARDEN -The Armitage Family Stories PLUS Aiken's delightful first CHILDREN'S NOVEL THE KINGDOM AND THE CAVE - ALL out now as Virago Modern Classics

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Night Fall by Joan Aiken