The girl in the letter
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Ontario Public Library - Adult Fiction
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Ontario Public Library - Adult Fiction | FIC GUN | Available |
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
369 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Originally published: 2018.
Description
This page-turning, moving novel of separation and long-buried secrets will stay with you for ever. In the winter of 1956 pregnant young Ivy is sent in disgrace to St. Margaret's, a home for unmarried mothers in the south of England, run by nuns, to have her child. Her baby daughter is adopted. Ivy will never leave. Sixty years later, journalist Samantha stumbles upon a series of letters from Ivy to her lover, pleading with him to rescue her from St Margaret's before it is too late. As Sam pieces together Ivy's tragic story, terrible secrets about St. Margaret's dark past begin to emerge. What happened to Ivy, to her baby, and to the hundreds of children born in the home? What links a number of mysterious, sudden deaths in the area? And why are those who once worked at St. Margaret's so keen that the truth should never be told? As Sam unpicks the sinister web of lies surrounding St Margaret's, she also looks deep within - to confront some unwelcome truths of her own...
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Gunnis, E. (2019). The girl in the letter . Headline Review.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gunnis, Emily. 2019. The Girl in the Letter. Headline Review.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gunnis, Emily. The Girl in the Letter Headline Review, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Gunnis, Emily. The Girl in the Letter Headline Review, 2019.
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