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She has the voice of a star. But can she find the courage to sing? Clara's always dreamed of being on stage. In the shower, she's sensational. In the choir, she blends right in. But when it comes to singing solo, nerves steal her voice. And so she watches as others chase their dreams from behind...

Everyone has a price... In pursuit of a golden writing opportunity, Sophie leaves her ex-boyfriend to pen the life story of elusive billionaire Tim Henderson, a visionary in the early days of fertility treatment. On his secluded Greek island, she stumbles upon an ancient labyrinth, its dark history steeped in old myths and chilling legends. But the island's present is even more menacing.

As children, Gareth and Helen went ignored and utterly unsupervised in their isolated English farmhouse while their mother obsessively tended to her beloved, exquisite garden. When they were little, Gareth would occupy himself by trapping insects under glass and Helen would find ways to entertain herself - but the older they grew, the more sinister their lives became, with no attentive parent to shield them from the predators of the world. Decades later, Helen is in the same crumbling house, unhappily married and looking after their bedridden mother, and Gareth finally returns home.

An imaginative look at the way Kurt Vonnegut has influence lives. Fictional stories inspired by other worlds.