★英國出版社Michael Joseph / Penguin Random House剛以六位數預付金pre-empt,德國出版社Heyne亦pre-empt簽下版權
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All the Paper Planes is an astonishing novel of incredible breadth and a fearless look at motherhood, identity and how unknowable even those closest to us are. With elements of suspense and family drama interwoven seamlessly, Natasha is a brilliant new author to watch.
“He dreams of me. A series of sorry scenarios. I’m kidnapped and raped, shot and stabbed, held captive and emaciated, brainwashed against him and amnesiac to the world. Each time, he sees the event from an aerial vantage, screaming with empty lungs through suffocating clouds until I’ve taken my final breath or my masked kidnapper has secreted me away forever.”
Alexandra Southwood is missing.
Held in a room against her will, she's forced to contemplate what her husband Marc and their two daughters are going through. She's shown news clips of Marc, standing in front of the cameras, desperately appealing to the public for information on her whereabouts. In her solitude, she must imagine her family’s twisted new reality. She thinks of what's lost, remembering the beginnings of their romance and the beautiful, near-perfect family they built.
Marc’s pain is visceral. He thinks of nothing but her. He shifts from utter despair to frantic action, trying everything he can to bring Alexandra back to him. Even when the police discover Alexandra’s bloody belongings by the river, and their missing persons case turns into a murder investigation he cannot accept that she is lost to him.
He embarks on his own journey, through the art world that so gripped his wife and the pieces of her life he knew nothing about, following a trail that leads him to discover answers to questions he never wanted to ask.
All the Paper Planes is a lyrical, literary page-turner that will keep book clubs debating well into the night.