{"product_id":"the-boy-in-the-photo-9781538771181","title":"The Boy in the Photo","description":"\u003cb\u003eRead the chilling and completely heartwrenching story of a mother's worst nightmare: her child being stolen--and what happens when he returns--from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Family Across the Street\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSix years ago\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Megan waits at the school gates for her six-year-old son, Daniel. As the playground empties, panic bubbles inside her. Daniel is nowhere to be found. Her darling son is missing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSix years later\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After years of sleepless nights and endless days of missing her son, Megan finally gets the call she has been dreaming about. Daniel has walked into a police station in a remote town just a few miles away. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Megan is overjoyed--her son is finally coming home. She has kept Daniel's room, with his Cookie Monster poster on the wall and a stack of Lego under the bed, in perfect shape to welcome him back. But when he returns, there is something different about Daniel . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e According to the police, Daniel was kidnapped by his father. After his dad died in a fire, Daniel was finally able to escape. Desperate to find out the truth, Megan tries to talk to her little boy--but he barely answers her questions. Longing to help him heal, Megan tries everything--his favourite chocolate milkshake, a reunion with his best friend, a present for every birthday missed--but still, Daniel is distant. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And as they struggle to connect, Megan begins to suspect that there is more to the story. Soon, she fears that her son is hiding a secret. A secret that could destroy her family . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicole Trope\u003c\/b\u003e went to university to study Law but realised the error of her ways when she did very badly on her first law essay because--as her professor pointed out--'It's not meant to be a story.' She studied teaching instead and used her holidays to work on her writing career and complete a Masters' degree in Children's Literature. After the birth of her first child she stayed home full time to write and raise children, renovate houses and build a business with her husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe idea for her first published novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Boy Under the Table, \u003c\/i\u003e was so scary that it took a year for her to find the courage to write the emotional story. Her second novel, \u003ci\u003eThree Hours Late\u003c\/i\u003e, was voted one of Fifty Books you can't put down in 2013 and her third novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Secrets in Silence\u003c\/i\u003e, was The Australian Woman's Weekly Book of the month for June 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe lives in Sydney with her husband and three children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50893769441554,"sku":"9781538771181","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4f978eca-0b33-4243-b839-16bc6fd80201.jpg?v=1744279827","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-boy-in-the-photo-9781538771181","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}