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Author:
Bennett, Ann, 1962- author.
Title:
The orphan house / Ann Bennett.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
Forever,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
329 pages ; 21 cm
Subject:
Secrecy--Fiction.
Orphanages--Fiction.
Foundlings--Fiction.
Fathers and daughters--Fiction.
England--Fiction.
Fiction.
Novels.
Other Titles:
Foundling's daughter
Notes:
"First published in 2020 by Bookouture, an imprint of StoryFire Ltd. Originally published as The foundling's daughter in 2018 by Ann Bennett." -- Verso. Includes reading group guide.
Summary:
"1934: Connie Burroughs loves living in the orphanage that her father runs in the English countryside. But everything changes the day she sees him carrying a newborn baby that he says he found near the broken front gate. A baby she recognizes ... Present Day: Arriving at her father's beloved cottage beside the Thames, Sarah Jennings is hoping for peace and quiet, and an escape from her difficult divorce. But when she finds her father unwell and poring over boxes of files on the orphanage where he was abandoned as a child, she decides to investigate his elusive past herself. The only person left alive who lived at Cedar Hall when Sarah's father was there is Connie Burroughs, but Connie sits quietly in her nursing home for a reason"-- Provided by publisher
ISBN:
1538707519
9781538707517
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1273422870
LCCN:
2021939257
Locations:
DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)
CLPC792 -- Brooklyn Public Library (Brooklyn)
XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)
ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)
XUPC157 -- Griswold Public Library (Griswold)
VPPC384 -- Kling Memorial Library (Grundy Center)
XIPA157 -- Lewis Public Library (Lewis)
GVPC501 -- Monroe Public Library (Monroe)

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