A letter from a man from her past forces a judge to choose between returning to her old self, destroying her public life in the process, or remaining true to her current self, a wife and mother with a troubled husband. 20,000 first printing.
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Review:
A highly charged, haunting novel of the calibre expected from such a gifted writer (The Times)
A brilliantly plotted, thrilling fable unravelling dark, sad secrets (Mail on Sunday)
About the Author:
Helen Dunmore has published nine novels with Penguin, including: Zennor in Darkness, which won the McKitterick Prize; Burning Bright; A Spell of Winter, which won the Orange Prize; Talking to the Dead; With Your Crooked Heart; The Siege, which was shortlisted for the 2001 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award and for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2002; Mourning Ruby and House of Orphans. She is also a poet, children’s novelist and short-story writer.
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- PublisherLittle Brown & Co
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0316197386
- ISBN 13 9780316197380
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages282
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