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Sep 09, 2008 | ISBN 9780375845178 | Young Adult Buy
Mar 29, 2017 | ISBN 9781524764975 | Young Adult Buy
Feb 22, 2005 | 788 Minutes | Young Adult Buy
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Sep 09, 2008 | ISBN 9780375845178 | Young Adult
Mar 29, 2017 | ISBN 9781524764975 | Young Adult
Feb 22, 2005 | ISBN 9781400089758 | Young Adult
788 Minutes
UNLIKE MOST VICTORIAN women, Sally is completely independent, with her own successful business and a comfortable home for her young daughter, Harriet. But Sally’s whole world is about to collapse. A stranger emerges, claiming to be both her husband and Harriet’s father and threatening all that she has.
Sally Lockhart, trying to put her troubled past behind her after her fiancé’s death, has settled into a comfortable life with her daughter, Harriet, her career, and her London friends. But her world comes crashing down around her when a complete stranger claims to be both her husband and Harriet’s father, casting doubt on her spotless reputation. Seeking the answers to this terrible dilemma, Sally realizes with growing horror that there is a guiding hand behind all this deceit; someone who hates her so passionately that he has devoted years to bringing about her ruin. She has no choice but to escape with her child into the crime-ridden slums of London’s East End. Suddenly it isn’t only Sally’s reputation that is in danger.
PHILIP PULLMAN is one of the most acclaimed and best-selling writers at work today. He is best known for the His Dark Materials trilogy: The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass, which has been named one of the top 100 novels of all… More about Philip Pullman
“A fast-paced gem.”—Chicago Sun-Times
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