04324cam a2200709 4500 2055725523 TxAuBib 20250321120000.0 ||||||s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781668011898 1668011891 B0CXHLPBCT Amazon f998ecb4-e1eb-432f-bab3-e92789b9a37d OverDrive (Reserve ID) 10824792 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Callahan Henry, Patti. The Story She Left Behind [Libby eBook] : A Novel. Atria Books, 2025. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. the secret book of flora lea. best books for mother's day. searching for mrs. lewis. best historical fiction. books about fairy tales. children's illustrator. Janet Skeslien Charles. books about language. books set in england. friends and fiction. books about books. children's author. friends & fiction. children's books. Genevieve Graham. lost manuscripts. Esthwaite Water. Beatrix Potter. Kristin Hannah. Kristin Harmel. Natalie Jenner. the great smog. Lake District. Great Britain. disappearance. Jane Johnson. Abandonment. Kate Morton. fiona davis. motherhood. Kate Quinn. jamie ford. the crown. London. HTML:<b><i>Indie Next</i> April 2025 Pick</b> <li><b>LibraryReads March 2025 Pick</b><br /> <br /> <b>"Brilliant, riveting, so beautifully written, impossible to put down."</b> <b>—Louise Penny, #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author</b><br /> <br /> <b>Inspired by a true literary mystery, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of the mesmerizing <i>The Secret Book of Flora Lea</i> returns with the sweeping story of a legendary book, a lost mother, and a daughter's search for them both.</b><br /> In 1927, eight-year-old Clara Harrington's magical childhood shatters when her mother, renowned author, Bronwyn Newcastle Fordham, disappears off the coast of South Carolina. Bronwyn stunned the world with a book written in an invented language that became a national sensation when she was just twelve years old. Her departure leaves behind not only a devoted husband and heartbroken daughter, but also the hope of ever translating the sequel to her landmark work. As the headlines focus on the missing author, Clara yearns for something far deeper and more insatiable: her beautiful mother.<br /> <br /> By 1952, Clara is an illustrator raising her own daughter, Wynnie. When a stranger named Charlie Jameson contacts her from London claiming to have discovered a handwritten dictionary of her mother's lost language. Clara is skeptical. Compelled by the tragedy of her mother's vanishing, she crosses the Atlantic with Wynnie only to arrive during one of London's most deadly natural disasters—the Great Smog. With asthmatic Wynnie in peril, they escape the city with Charlie and find refuge in the Jameson's family retreat nestled in the Lake District. It is there that Clara must find the courage to uncover the truth about her mother and the story she left behind.<br /> <br /> Told in Patti Callahan Henry's lyrical, enchanting prose, <i>The Story She Left Behind</i> is a captivating novel of mystery and family legacy that captures the profound longing for a mother and the evergreen allure of secrets.</li>. Historical Fiction. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2025-03-20 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f998ecb4-e1eb-432f-bab3-e92789b9a37d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f998ecb4-e1eb-432f-bab3-e92789b9a37d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)