The Attic Child

A hauntingly powerful and emotionally charged novel about family secrets,love and lossidentity and belonging. Two children trapped in the same atticalmost a century apartbound by a shared secret. Early 1900s London: Taken from his homelandtwelve-year-old Celestine spends most of the time locked away in the attic of a large house by the sea. The only time Celestine isn’t bound by confines of the small space is when he is acting as an unpaid servant to English explorer Sir Richard BabbingtonAs the years passhe desperately clings on to memories of his family in Africaeven as he struggles to remember his mother’s faceand sometimes his real name . . . 1974: Lowraa young orphan girl born into wealth and privilege whose fortunes have now changedfinds herself trapped in the same attic. Searching for a ray of light in the darkness of the atticLowra finds under the floorboards an old-fashioned pena porcelain dolla beaded necklaceand a message carved on the wallwritten in an unidentifiable language. Providing comfort for her when all hope is lostthese clues will lead her to uncover the secrets of the attic.