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This is an amazing, insane, and masterfully written story! When a person experiences a severe psychological trauma, the brain shuts down the emotional system, and the victim endures abuse in an altered state of consciousness. But then, when the victim is freed from their aggressor, they often experience the consequences of the stress they went through... And the brain constructs a refuge for itself: a parallel memory that replaces reality, so the victim stops suffering, an illusion to survive.
Where to hide when there is nowhere else to run?
Sandrine, who recently moved to Normandy, receives a call from a notary. He asks her to collect personal belongings from her late grandmother's house - a strange woman who lived alone on a tiny island off the coast and did not communicate with her daughter and granddaughter. Sandrine disembarks from the ship onto the gray, cold island and meets the residents - elderly people living almost in complete isolation from civilization.
There is a strange atmosphere on the island. Sandrine needs only a few hours to realize that the inhabitants here are hiding some secrets. But why does no one leave the island? What happened to the children from the summer camp hastily closed in 1949?
A few days later, Sandrine is found wandering on the beach, in clothes soaked in someone else's blood...
Prix Cognac 2019
Translated into 15 languages
Author:
Author:Lubri J.
Cover:
Cover:hardcover
Category:
- Category:Fiction
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:offset
Dimensions:
Dimensions:20x13x2.3 cm
Series:
Series:Deadly Secrets. Thriller
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:18+
Product type:
Product type:partial varnishing
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-17-120946-9
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