The story she left behind: a novel
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New York : Atria Books, 2025.
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Book
Edition:
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc:
339 pages ; 24 cm
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27 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Description
"In 1927, eight-year-old Clara Harrington's magical childhood shatters when her mother, renowned author, Bronwyn Newcastle Fordham, disappears off the coast of South Carolina. Bronwyn stunned the world with a book written in an invented language that became a national sensation when she was just twelve years old. Her departure leaves behind not only a devoted husband and heartbroken daughter, but also the hope of ever translating the sequel to her landmark work. As the headlines focus on the missing author, Clara yearns for something far deeper and more insatiable: her beautiful mother. By 1952, Clara is an illustrator raising her own daughter, Wynnie. When a stranger named Charlie Jameson contacts her from London claiming to have discovered a handwritten dictionary of her mother's lost language, Clara is skeptical. Compelled by the tragedy of her mother's vanishing, she crosses the Atlantic with Wynnie only to arrive during one of London's most deadly natural disasters -- the Great Smog. With asthmatic Wynnie in peril, they escape the city with Charlie and find refuge in the Jameson's family retreat nestled in the Lake District. It is there that Clara must find the courage to uncover the truth about her mother and the story she left behind. --
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9781668011874, 1668011875
Notes
Description
"In 1927, eight-year-old Clara Harrington's magical childhood shatters when her mother, renowned author, Bronwyn Newcastle Fordham, disappears off the coast of South Carolina. Bronwyn stunned the world with a book written in an invented language that became a national sensation when she was just twelve years old. Her departure leaves behind not only a devoted husband and heartbroken daughter, but also the hope of ever translating the sequel to her landmark work. As the headlines focus on the missing author, Clara yearns for something far deeper and more insatiable: her beautiful mother. By 1952, Clara is an illustrator raising her own daughter, Wynnie. When a stranger named Charlie Jameson contacts her from London claiming to have discovered a handwritten dictionary of her mother's lost language, Clara is skeptical. Compelled by the tragedy of her mother's vanishing, she crosses the Atlantic with Wynnie only to arrive during one of London's most deadly natural disasters -- the Great Smog. With asthmatic Wynnie in peril, they escape the city with Charlie and find refuge in the Jameson's family retreat nestled in the Lake District. It is there that Clara must find the courage to uncover the truth about her mother and the story she left behind. --,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Henry, P. C. (2025). The story she left behind: a novel. First Atria Books hardcover edition. Atria Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Henry, Patti Callahan. 2025. The Story She Left Behind: A Novel. Atria Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Henry, Patti Callahan, The Story She Left Behind: A Novel. Atria Books, 2025.
MLA Citation (style guide)Henry, Patti Callahan. The Story She Left Behind: A Novel. First Atria Books hardcover edition. Atria Books, 2025.
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