The story she left behind: a novel
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"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 family's 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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Henry, P. C. (2025). The story she left behind: a novel. Center Point Large Print edition. Center Point Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Henry, Patti Callahan. 2025. The Story She Left Behind: A Novel. Center Point Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Henry, Patti Callahan, The Story She Left Behind: A Novel. Center Point Large Print, 2025.
MLA Citation (style guide)Henry, Patti Callahan. The Story She Left Behind: A Novel. Center Point Large Print edition. Center Point Large Print, 2025.
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| Last Sierra Extract Time | Jul 24, 2025 01:30:07 PM |
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| Last File Modification Time | Jul 24, 2025 01:30:15 PM |
| Last Grouped Work Modification Time | Jul 25, 2025 10:18:24 PM |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The story she left behind : |b a novel / |c Patti Callahan Henry. |
| 250 | |a Center Point Large Print edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a Thorndike, Maine : |b Center Point Large Print, |c 2025. | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2025 | |
| 300 | |a 541 pages (large print) ; |c 23 cm | ||
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| 500 | |a Regular print version previously published by: Atria Books. | ||
| 500 | |a Includes author's note with background information. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 532-533). | ||
| 520 | |a "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 family's 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."-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
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