Gilly Macmillan
Hi Nikola! Thanks for your question. I'm so sorry it took me so long to answer this!! I'm really pleased you enjoyed the book. I got the idea after a chat with my agent. We were talking about books where somebody goes missing and wondered if we could flip that, and develop a story where somebody reappears unexpectedly. A nanny seemed the perfect character to do that, as the job involves being so close to the family. I'm so pleased your experience of the job is so different! Best, Gilly
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Hi! I'm currently reading Burnt Paper Sky. I'm not too familiar with child abducting and the investigation surrounding it, and so when Rachel is being interviewed by Clemo the first time and he asks if Ben had lunch before they left and Rachel asks "Is this in case you find his body?" - I never understood why there is a need for knowing whether or not he had eaten. Why is this important? Google won't enlighten me.
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