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Ghost Child : The Past Is Always Close Behind

By: Caroline Overington
Ghost Child : The Past Is Always Close Behind
Retail Price $32.95
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ISBN: 9781863256803
Format: Paperback
Published: October 2009

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On 11 November 1982, police were called to a housing estate an hour west of Melbourne. In the lounge room of an otherwise ordinary brick veneer home, they found a five-year-old boy lying on the carpet.

His arms were by his sides, his palms flat. The paramedics could see no obvious signs of trauma other than an almost imperceptible indentation to the boy’s skull, but he died the next day.

The boy’s mother said a man had attacked her son on the way back from the shops, but few people were surprised when she and her boyfriend went to prison for the crime. Police declared themselves satisfied that justice had been done.

And yet, for years, rumours swept the estate and clung like cobwebs to the long-vacant house: there had been a cover-up. The real perpetrator, at least according to local gossip, was the boy’s six-year-old sister, Lauren . . .

Weaving multiple voices and perspectives, Caroline Overington’s debut novel is both compelling and thought-provoking. Ghost Child is a page-turner of immense power and insight. This is a book people will feel compelled to talk about. It begs the question “can you ever truly escape your past?”

Caroline’s work as a reporter has given her a keen understanding of the human condition.

Caroline Overington is a two time Walkley award-winning journalist who is currently a senior writer and columnist with The Australian. She is the author of two non fiction books, Only in New York and Kickback which is about the UN oil-for-food scandal in Iraq.

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