Untold Lessons

<p><b>The award-winning literary thriller from one of Italy's most exciting feminist writers, for fans of Sophie Mackintosh, Elena Ferrante and Sarah Moss</b></p><p>One morning, a teacher disappears into the woods. As whispers fill her classroom and relatives scour the streets, she melts into a wild landscape - a darkly entrancing place where boars roam free, silver birches tower overhead and the air is filled with ancient bird calls. Sinking into a bed of moss, she tries to escape the shocking news of a pupil's death.</p><p>Back in town, behind shuttered windows and on factory floors, the mystery takes hold. Who is Silvia really? A teacher of rare kindness, living outside of other people's expectations, or a solitary misfit without a family to call her own? When a local child stumbles upon her hiding place, it seems like the search might be over. But what happens when the missing do not want to be found?</p><p><b>PRAISE FOR UNTOLD LESSONS:</b></p><p><b>'Vivid, beguiling and needle-sharp . . . stirs our darkest impulses'</b> Lucy Rose, author of <i>The Lamb</i></p><p><b>'Mysterious and elegant, full of fears and tenderness'</b> Veronica Raimo, author of <i>Lost on Me</i></p><p><b> 'Satisfying and deeply felt'</b><i> Irish Times</i></p><p><b> 'A beautifully crafted feminist fable'</b> <i>World Literature Today</i></p><p><b>'An intense literary thriller that subverts expectations'</b><i> Dazed</i></p>