Night Climbing

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INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY, NIGHT CLIMBING IS ABOUT TWO WOMENS UNWAVERING PURSUIT OF TRUTH, SURVIVAL, AND FAMILY.

When Sylvias son, Cyril, vanishes during a perilous school trek in the German mountains, her world crumbles. A pre-trip postcard from Cyril hints that his teacher now lauded for his rescue efforts knew more about the stormy conditions than he has admitted. Sylvia shifts from frantic mother to justice seeker.

Meanwhile in Hofsgrund, a German mountain village, Nazi flags and Hitler Youth parades are rapidly appearing, and Hilde senses lifes irreversible change. The English schoolboys rescue shakes the community, sparking political strife. Neighbour turns on neighbour, endangering Hilde and Sylvias quest for Cyril.

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Sarah Days debut novel, Mussolinis Island, received a 2018 Betty Trask Award and was shortlisted for the Polari First Book Prize and the Historical Writers Association Debut Crown. With a background in science communication, she has worked as a press officer, magazine editor and freelance writer, and was Writer in Residence at Gladstones Library in 2019. She lives in London.