The vanishing act of Esme Lennox / Maggie O'Farrell.
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TextPublication details: Thorndike, Me. : Center Point Pub., 2008.Description: 254 p. (large print) ; 23 cmISBN: - 1602851050
- 9781602851054
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Large Print Book
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Main Library | Large Print Fiction | O'Farrell, Maggie | Available | 33111005548686 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Book-of-theMonth Club, Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club selection.
"An intricate, eloquent novel of family malice, longings and betrayal... O'Farrell maintains a high level of tension throughout, and the conclusion is devastating." - Publishers Weekly, starred.
"A gripping read with superbly crafted scenes that will blaze in the reader's memory long after the novel is returned to the shelf." - Booklist.
A stunning phone call crashes through Iris Lockhart's quiet life: Her great-aunt Esme, whom she never knew existed, is being released from Cauldstone Hospital where she has been locked away for over sixty years. Esme's papers are indisputable, and Iris can see the shadow of her dead father in Esme's face. Iris knows it's ill-advised to take Esme home, but she can't allow this charming woman to be sent away to another hopeless place. And Esme has been cleared as harmless. But why was she locked away in the first place? And why wasn't she ever mentioned? How did she become so completely lost? What secrets will she reveal about Iris's family?
In the middle of tending to the everyday business at her vintage-clothing shop and sidestepping her married boyfriend's attempts at commitment, Iris Lockhart receives a stunning phone call: Her great-aunt Esme, whom she never knew existed, is being released from Cauldstone Hospital--where she has been locked away for more than sixty-one years. Iris's grandmother Kitty always claimed to be an only child. But Esme's papers prove she is Kitty's sister, and Iris can see the shadow of her dead father in Esme's face. Esme has been labeled harmless--sane enough to coexist with the rest of the world. But she's still basically a stranger, a family member never mentioned by the family, and one who is sure to bring life-altering secrets with her when she leaves the ward. If Iris takes her in, what dangerous truths might she inherit?--Publisher description.