The Rabbits by Sophie Overett Paperback Book 9781913547424

Immensely captivating and original The GuardianAampnbsppoetically written domestic drama with a wonderful magicalrealist twistampnbspDaily MailHow do you make sense of the loss of those you love the mostampnbspDelia Rabbit is already struggling to juggle three wayward children a damaged relationship with her mother and an illadvised affair with one of her students Then her sixteenyearold son Charlie vanishes in the middle of a blistering Brisbane heatwave The family reels from the loss as twentyyearold Olive descends into hedonism and elevenyearold Benjamin clings ever tighter to his superhero obsessionampnbspHowever Charlies disappearance is stranger than it seems And while his family search desperately for him he may be closer than they think ampnbspA multigenerational tale of motherhood grief and the tribulations of adolescence The Rabbits weaves a thread of magic into a classic family drama novel