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Author:

Nunn, Kayte, author.

Title:

The forgotten letters of Esther Durrant [large type] / Kayte Nunn.

Format:

[large type] /

Edition:

First Harper large print edition.

Publisher:

Harper Large Print

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

493 pages (large print) ; 22 cm

Subject:

Psychiatric hospital patients--Fiction.
Reminiscing in old age--Fiction.
Psychiatric hospitals--Fiction.
Secrecy--Fiction.
Grandmother--Fiction.
Women marine scientists--Fiction.
Women--Institutional care--Fiction.
Islands--England--Fiction.
Love-letters--Fiction.
Large type books.
Isles of Scilly (England)--Fiction.

Summary:

A forgotten woman... 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. A cache of unsent love letters... 2017. When free-spirited marine scientist Rachel Parker is forced to take shelter on a far-flung island off the Cornish Coast during a research posting, she discovers a collection of hidden love letters. Captivated by their passion and tenderness, Rachel is determined to find the intended recipient. A dangerous secret... 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.

ISBN:

0062979302
9780062979308

Locations:

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)