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When Roy Travers doesn’t come home his wife begins to suspect he has been abducted by aliens, and she enlists the help of a private detective to find him. But Roy was not taken by aliens. The truth is far stranger.
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Summary edit
Roy Travers is swept away by a freak gust of wind while trying to install a bouncy castle in Brockwell Park, south London. Sheila, his wife, can’t understand why he hasn’t found his way back home. She begins to suspect that Roy has been abducted by aliens and enlists the help of Mrs... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters/People edit
- Roy Travers: Roy is 42 years old. He's swept away on a freak gust of wind while installing a bouncy castle in Brockwell Park, south London.
- Sheila Travers: Sheila is also 42 years old. She is married to Roy. When he disappears, she hires a private detective to find him. She resists the suggestions of friends and family that he might have left her for another woman.
- Alison Temple: Alison first appears in the book, Alison Wonderland, by the same author. In Being Light she is hired by Sheila to find Roy.
- Ella Fitzgerald: Mrs Fitzgerald first appears in the book, Alison Wonderland, by the same author. In Being Light she is struggling with fears that she is going mad. Someone from her past surfaces and makes a strange proposal.
- Venetia Latimer: Venetia breeds dogs. She has an interesting idea about how to ensure men live useful lives in a future where their involvement - to Venetia, at least - looks increasingly redundant.
- James: Add a description of this character.
- Miss Lester
- Philippe Noir
- Joseph Hodgini
- Pamela
- Jonathan
- Joey Latimer
- Sylvia Arrow
- Taron
- Jeremy
- Jeff
- Jane Memory
- Dorothy
- Phoebe
- Brian Donald
- Harvey
- Hugo
Quotes edit
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“Men are like cigarettes. I only want one when I'm drunk.”
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‘When you fall in love – and women do fall in love with their children - it is not with someone who gives you everything. It is with someone who lets you give them everything.’
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First Sentence edit
Roy Travers and his friend Brian Donald begin setting up the bouncy castle in Brockwell Park early in the morning, while the light is still weak and they are only half awake.
Table of Contents edit
Chapter One ~ The Castle
Chapter Two ~ Personne Disparue
Chapter Three ~ On The Bus
Chapter Four ~ Heaven & Earth
Chapter Five ~ The Message
Chapter Six ~ Sylvia
Chapter Seven ~ The Zebra
Chapter Eight ~ Jeremy
Chapter Nine ~ The White Van
Chapter Ten ~ Convenience
Chapter Eleven ~ Colors
Chapter Twelve ~ Cherry Lip gloss
Chapter Thirteen ~ Truly, Madly, Deeply
Chapter Fourteen ~ The Dinner Party
Chapter Fifteen ~ The Models
Chapter Sixteen ~ Being Light
Chapter Seventeen ~ Fecal Matter
Chapter Eighteen ~ Night-time
Chapter Nineteen ~ Usefulness
Chapter Twenty ~ Hot Line
Chapter Twenty-One ~ Wind Chimes
Chapter Twenty-Two ~ The Café
Chapter Twenty-Three ~ Bandits
Chapter Twenty-Four ~ Dry White Wine
Chapter Twenty-Five ~ Anthropologists
Chapter Twenty-Six ~ Plague of Blonde Women
Chapter Twenty-Seven ~ Sylvia’s Flip-Flop
Chapter Twenty-Eight ~ Cruising
Chapter Twenty-Nine ~ High Wire Workout
Chapter Thirty ~ Frozen Yoghurt
Chapter Thirty-One ~ Laundry
Chapter Thirty-Two ~ The Albert Memorial
Chapter Thirty-Three ~ The Postman’s Dog
Chapter Thirty-Four ~ The Bridges
Chapter Thirty-Five ~ The Circus
Chapter Thirty-Six ~ Prince Albert
Chapter Thirty-Seven ~ The Smallest Room
Chapter Thirty-Eight ~ Big Ben
Chapter Thirty-Nine ~ Philippe Starck
Chapter Forty ~ Regeneration
Chapter Forty-One ~ The Race
Chapter Forty-Two ~ Vroom, Slam
Authors & Contributors edit
- Helen Smith (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Orion
Country: UK
Publication Date: October 5, 2000
ISBN: 978-0575070936
Page Count: 208
Publisher: Orion
Country: UK
Publication Date: October 5, 2000
ISBN: 978-0575070936
Page Count: 208
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.92
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Helen Smith blog: The author's blog. It contains links to reviews, features and Q&As with more information and background to this book.
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