Diana Quick reads the novel by Georgina Harding, set in 1960s England
Eight-year-old Anna waves goodbye to her mother one morning, unaware that she is disappearing forever. She and her brother begin a quest for the truth that will last a lifetime.
DetailsAnna visits her mother's birthplace to look for clues, deploying all the old tricks of the spy game. Will she find answers to the questions that have haunted her through her life?
DetailsPeter and Anna realise that they actually know very little about their mother - can they even be certain that she is dead?
DetailsAs Peter's obsession with spy rings deepens, he encourages Anna to use code to allow them to communicate secretly.
DetailsAnna and Peter adopt ever more furtive observation techniques to help them develop their theories about mother's disappearance.
DetailsPeter has made Anna think the unthinkable about their mother, and the pair redouble their surveillance efforts.
DetailsIn the snowy winter of 1962, Peter and Anna continue their investigations into the life and death of their mother. They are convinced that she cannot just have died in a car crash.
DetailsAnna watches more mysteries unfold. Issues that are simply too difficult to deal with are buried deeply in the harsh winter, but Anna glimpses something that is truly shocking.
DetailsPeter's actions place him in danger, and Anna, as his unwilling accomplice, is put in a difficult position. Their father is forced to talk about their mother's death.
DetailsAnna's quest to find the truth about her mother continues into adulthood and she decides to visit her mother's birthplace, Kaliningrad, to seek answers.
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