(Anything could happen after today"s upsidedown news. Imagine discovering an invisible Grandfather! last summer at Garriphouca is turning out to be one of new friendships and strange mystery. Then there"s her cousin, Tully. He writes everything she says into a notebook full of squiggles. He too has just heard about the Japanese Gardens. A forbidden place which no one is allowed to mention in Greengran"s hearing but one that la and Tully are determined to discover for themselves... Romie Lambkin"s other novel of discovery and surprise is An Echo of Seals "An ELEGIAC STORY... where animal and human existences hauntingly intertwine." Irish Times)