Once upon a river : a novel / Diane Setterfield.
By: Setterfield, Diane [author.].
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BookPublisher: New York : Emily Bestler Books/Washington Square Press, 2019.Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First Emily Bestler books/Washington Press paperback edition.Description: 475 pages ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeSubject(s): Secrecy -- Fiction | Missing persons -- Fiction | Thames River (England) -- FictionGenre/Form: Mystery fiction.Summary: On a dark midwinter's night in an ancient inn on the river Thames, a wounded stranger carries in the lifeless body of a small child. Hours later the girl stirs, and returns to life. Is it a miracle? Magic? As the days pass the child remains mute and unable to answer questions. Three families are keen to claim her: the wealthy mother of a kidnapped daughter missing for two years; a farming family sure it is their son's secret daughter; a parson's housekeeper, reminded of her younger sister. Each family has secrets, which must be revealed before the girl's identity can be known.
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Includes: Reader's guide.
Includes bibliographical references (page 464).
On a dark midwinter's night in an ancient inn on the river Thames, a wounded stranger carries in the lifeless body of a small child. Hours later the girl stirs, and returns to life. Is it a miracle? Magic? As the days pass the child remains mute and unable to answer questions. Three families are keen to claim her: the wealthy mother of a kidnapped daughter missing for two years; a farming family sure it is their son's secret daughter; a parson's housekeeper, reminded of her younger sister. Each family has secrets, which must be revealed before the girl's identity can be known.
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