{"product_id":"the-van-apfel-girls-are-gone","title":"The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e“ONE PART MYSTERY, ONE MILLION PARTS AMAZING.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A Recommended Summer Read from \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e * \u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e * \u003ci\u003eNylon * Cosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"How do you escape your childhood, emotionally, actually?  This compelling mystery has a rare depth of psychological and emotional truth. It will engage your heart.” —Delia Ephron, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSiracusa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003eTikka Malloy was eleven and one-sixth years old during the long, hot, Australian summer of 1992. The TV news in the background chattered with debate about the exoneration of Lindy (“dingo took my baby”) Chamberlain. That summer was when the Van Apfel sisters--Ruth, Hannah, and the beautiful Cordelia--mysteriously disappeared. Did they just run far away from their harsh, evangelical parents, or were they taken? While the search for the girls united the small community, the mystery of their disappearance was never solved, and Tikka and her older sister, Laura, have been haunted ever since by the loss of their friends and playmates.\u003cbr style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eNow, years later, Tikka has returned home to try to make sense of that strange moment in time.\u003cbr style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003ePart mystery, part darkly comic coming-of-age story, \u003ci\u003eThe Van Apfel Girls Are Gone\u003c\/i\u003e is a page-turning read--with a dark, shimmering absence at its heart.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Workman Publishing","offers":[{"title":"9781616209643","offer_id":27695483060304,"sku":"9781616209643","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"9781616209667","offer_id":27695483093072,"sku":"9781616209667","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1210\/1100\/products\/9781616209667-optimized.jpg?v=1698120963","url":"https:\/\/workman-feed-prod.myshopify.com\/products\/the-van-apfel-girls-are-gone","provider":"zzz_Workman Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}