(Harper) On the surface, this small serious novel, droll in moments, concerns the individual experiences of three young people who, having been witness to and actors in a tragic occurrence, find themselves no longer comfortable in their ordinary lives as they existed up until this point. The three teenage siblings, Duncan, Zoe and Matthew, are each moved to venture further afield in their respective quests for self-discovery, as they examine and grapple with the larger questions of infidelity, violence and … (read more)