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02648aam a2200517 i 4500 001 83E09A70789511EA8FAC8C5897128E48 003 SILO 005 20200407010129 007 t| 008 200227s2020 nyu 000 1 eng d 020 $a 0062970585 020 $a 9780062970589 040 $a TnLvILS $b eng $e rda $c TnLvILS $d SILO 043 $a e-uk-en $a e-uk-en 100 1 $a Nunn, Kayte, $e author. $4 aut. 245 14 $a The forgotten letters of Esther Durrant / $c Kayte Nunn. 250 $a First U.S. edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b William Morrow, $c [2020] 300 $a 375, 10 pages ; $c 21 cm. 520 $a A cache of unsent love letters from the 1950s is found in a suitcase on a remote island. 1951. Esther Durrant, a young mother, is committed to an isolated mental asylum by her husband. Run by a pioneering psychiatrist, the hospital is at first Esther's prison but soon becomes her refuge. 2017. Free-spirited marine scientist Rachel Parker embarks on a research posting in the Isles of Scilly, off the Cornish coast. When a violent storm forces her to take shelter on a far-flung island, she discovers a collection of hidden love letters. Captivated by their passion and tenderness, Rachel determines to track down the intended recipient. Meanwhile, in London, Eve is helping her grandmother, a renowned mountaineer, write her memoirs. When she is contacted by Rachel, it sets in motion a chain of events that threatens to reveal secrets kept buried for more than sixty years."--Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Love-letters $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Secrecy $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Grandmothers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Women marine scientists $z Australia $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Psychiatric hospital patients $z England $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Reminiscing in old age $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Nineteen fifties $v Fiction. 655 0 $a Domestic fiction. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft. 941 $a 15 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240710051151.0 952 $l JSPB572 $d 20240323011637.0 952 $l WOPA185 $d 20240307011557.0 952 $l TZPC572 $d 20230812011057.0 952 $l RNPC397 $d 20230805013247.0 952 $l NWPC663 $d 20230720010756.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722062552.0 952 $l XAPE737 $d 20201007083615.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20201007082606.0 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20201007081329.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20200609010359.0 952 $l WWPC305 $d 20200605011059.0 952 $l ESPD725 $d 20200604011000.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20200502010322.0 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20200407021001.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=83E09A70789511EA8FAC8C5897128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search