I Will Call it Georgie's Blues

'...It's a bitch being a preacher's kid. A person always has to do the right thing for somebody else's reasons.' Lives made up of pretences and the pressures they cause sour the relationships between preacher Sloan and his family until virtual breaking point is reached; there's no space for pretending and falsity when the dreadful reality of Georgie's disappearance hits the Sloans like a tidal wave in full spate - both destructive and cleansing. This is a very good read where the tensions are so keenly and movingly observed that one cannot fail to become utterly absorbed. I only hope the tacky cover doesn't put off too many older readers or teachers with teenage children of their own. Three of my staff have read it in a week!