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020			_a9780743298070 (hardcover)
050	0	0	_aPR6119.E86 _bO53 2018
082	0		_aFIC SET _2
100	1		_aSetterfield, Diane
245	1	0	_aOnce upon a river : _ba novel _c/ Diane Setterfield.
250			_aFirst Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books hardcover edition.
260			_aNew York _b: Atria _c, c2018
300			_a464 pages _c; 24 cm
520			_aOn a dark midwinter's night in an ancient inn on the river Thames, an extraordinary event takes place. The regulars are telling stories to while away the dark hours, when the door bursts open on a grievously wounded stranger. In his arms is the body of a small child. Hours later, the girl stirs, takes a breath, and returns to life. Is it a miracle? Is it magic? Or can science provide an explanation? These questions have many answers, some of them quite dark indeed. Those who dwell on the riverbank apply all their ingenuity to solving the puzzle of the girl who died and lived again, yet as the days pass the mystery only deepens. The child herself is mute and unable to answer the essential questions: Who is she? Where did she come from? And to whom does she belong? 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, must be revealed before the girl's identity can be known.
546			_aEnglish
650	1	4	_aSecrecy - _vFiction
650	1	4	_aMissing persons _v--Fiction
651	1	4	_aThames River (England) _j-Fiction
655	1	4	_aThrillers
655		4	_aDetective and mystery stories _x-Fiction
655		4	_aSuspense fiction
655	1	4	_aLiterary fiction
655	1	4	_aHistorical fiction
655	1	4	_aGothic fiction
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