A magical debut novel of loss, life and discovering the meaning of love, published in a unique cloth bound format. Features a snow-covered island, a girl whose mother walked out in the rain and never returned, a magician, a priest, a dog called No Name and a dead boy who listens. With appeal to fans of }The Girl With Glass Feet, The Behaviour Of Moths{ and }The Night Circus{. '}The Vanishing Act{ is one of the best books I have read in a long time' Eva Hornung