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Book Synopsis'Marvellous' Bridget Collins, The Sunday Times bestselling author of TheBinding Sometimes the greatest spectacle hides the darkest secrets . . . In analternate London, the city's Theatre District is a walled area south of theriver where an immersive production - the Show - has been running forcenturies, growing ever bigger, more sprawling and lavish. The Show is open toanyone who can afford a ticket but the District itself is a closed world; eventhe police have no jurisdiction within its walls. Juliet's mother died whenshe was a baby. Brought up by her emotionally distant father and even moredistant stepmother, she has never felt wanted. It's only when her fatherpasses away that Juliet - now nineteen - learns her birth was registered inthe District. Desperate to belong somewhere at last, she travels to Londonwhere she hopes to unearth the truth about her identity, her mother's deathand her father's years of silence - and claim her birthright. But in theDistrict, there is only one centr
