Publisher's Synopsis
Iris Fairlie is proud and prickly, but increasingly unable to cope with independent living. Against her every desire she is moved into Bridge House, a home for the elderly, where a constant round of confectionery seeks to compensate for the lapses of old age; there is an all-pervading aroma of biscuits and wee. Iris sulks in her room and rebuffs advances of friendship from other residents. What is it that separates her from her daughter? Where is her son, her lost boy, missing for years on some quest she never understood. Witnessing by chance the tumble of a young boy into a racing river, Mrs Fairlie is galvanised at last into action; if she cannot rescue her own boy she will try to rescue this one.Little Mikey's fall pulls Iris into the maelstrom of his fate, along with Matt, Megan and his Auntie Jade, whose stories are featured in books 2, 3 and 4 of the Lost Boys Quartet.
