Nowhere Child
Finding her is just the start…
A dark and gripping debut psychological thriller that won the 2017 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, previously won by THE DRY and THE ROSIE PROJECT.
‘Nervy, soulful, genuinely surprising’ A. J. Finn, bestselling author THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW
‘One of the best books I have ever read’ *****
‘Well wow! I didn’t see THAT twist coming!!’ *****
‘I lost sleep over this book’ *****
One photograph is all it takes to turn your world upside down.
You stare at the picture. It shows a missing child who was abducted from her Kentucky home twenty years ago.
But the kidnapped child doesn’t just look like you; she is you…
Your real name is Sammy Went – and the people you thought were family have been lying to you all your life.
But what really happened all those years ago? And how far would you go for the truth?
Christian White is an internationally bestselling and award-winning Australian author and screenwriter. His debut novel, The Nowhere Child, won the 2017 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, which was previously won by The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion and The Dry by Jane Harper. Screen rights were quickly acquired by Anonymous Content and Carver Films. Christian also co-wrote Relic, a feature film starring Emily Mortimer. He lives in Melbourne with his wife and their adopted greyhound.