Picnic at Hanging Rock
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**A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BIG JUBILEE READ PICK** 'A sinister tale' Guardian The classic, atmospheric Australian thriller about the mysterious disappearance of a group of young girls. A cloudless summer day in the year nineteen hundred... Everyone at Appleyard College for Young Ladies agreed it was just right for a picnic at Hanging Rock. After lunch, a group of three girls climbed into the blaze of the afternoon sun, pressing on through the scrub into the shadows of Hanging Rock. Further, higher, till at last they disappeared. They never returned. Is Picnic at Hanging Rock fact or fiction? Only you can truly decide.
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Dark ans suspenseful, filled with memorable characters and almost palpable tension.
I watched the recent miniseries towards the end of 2018 and enjoyed it and wanted to read the book. It was interesting enough, but not great. It seemed unfocused a lot of the time and trying too hard. I'm not quite sure how people thought it was a true story...
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