Niečo si želajte, no buďte opatrní, mohlo by sa vám to splniť. Lucy Hartová vie, aké je vyrastať bez milujúcich rodičov. Jej detstvo poznačilo zanedbávanie a osamelosť a Lucy nachádzala útechu v čítaní kníh o Ostrove hodín od Jacka Mastersona. Teraz ako dvadsaťšesťročná pomocná učiteľka sa delí o lásku k čítaniu so svojimi malými žiakmi, najmä s bystrým sedemročným Christopherom Lambom, ktorý po tragickej smrti rodičov osirel. Lucy by dala čokoľvek, aby si mohla Christophera adoptovať, ale myšlienka, že sa oni dvaja stanú rodinou, sa bez finančných prostriedkov a stabilného bývania zdá nedosiahnuteľným snom. Keď sa Lucy už takmer vzdá svojho sna, Jack Masterson oznámi, že konečne napísal novú knihu. A čo je ešte lepšie, vyhlási súťaž na skutočnom Ostrove hodín, kde býva.
'This wildly imaginative book speaks to every reader who yearns for a more
magical world' - THAO THAI, author of Banyan Moon 'If you'd like to dream
instead of a parallel world where love and loyalty and friendship are the
magic that transforms the least of us into genuine heroes, then Meg Shaffer's
The Lost Story is the book you've been waiting for' - RICHARD RUSSO, author of
Empire Falls From the author of the bestselling novel The Wishing Game comes a
Narnia-inspired fairy tale for grown-ups who still knock on the back of
wardrobe doors . . . just in case.Once upon a time, two boys went missing in
the woods. Six months later, they reappeared, with no explanation for where
they'd been or how they'd survived.Fifteen years on, Rafe is a reclusive
artist with no memory of what happened during those months, despite the scars
he bears. Meanwhile, Jeremy is a famed missing persons investigator. With his
uncanny abilities, he is the one person who can help vet tech Emilie Wendell
find her long-lost sister, who vanished in the very same forest as Rafe and
Jeremy.Jeremy also keeps a secret: the fantastical truth about the magical
realm they made home for those six months. And it's there they may find
Emilie's sister.Alongside Emilie, Rafe and Jeremy must return to the enchanted
world they left behind - for only then can they get back everything and
everyone they've lost.'Wholly moving . . . reminded me that even as an adult,
if you look hard enough, you can find the child still inside you' - Jodi
Picoult, author of Mad Honey, on The Wishing Game'A heartwarming, page-turning
story of found family [and] love triumphing over indifference' - Melissa
Albert, author of The Hazel Wood, on The Wishing Game'A dreamy, inventive
novel . . . Full of the power of imagination, it's one of my favourite books
of the year' - Sarah Addison Allen, author of Other Birds, on The Wishing
Game'A meditation on the power of hope when all else seems lost' - Kirkus
Reviews on The Wishing Game
