Book
Once upon a river : a novel / Diane Setterfield.
When the seemingly dead body of a child reanimates hours after arriving at an ancient inn on the Thames, three families try to claim her.
Record details
- ISBN: 0743298071 (hardback)
- ISBN: 9780743298070 (hardback)
- Physical Description: 464 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Emily Bestler Books, Atria, ©2018.
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| Subject: | Secrecy > Fiction. Missing persons > Fiction. Thames River (England) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Suspense fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) Detective and mystery fiction. |
Available copies
- 23 of 23 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 23 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Muhlenberg Community Library | SET (Text) | 33249023019387 | Fiction | Available | - |
| RPL - Northeast Branch | Fiction Setterfield (Text) | 33223008363060 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Reading Public Library RPL - Main | Fiction Setterfield (Text) | 33223008363078 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Trone Memorial Library (East Berlin) | FIC SETTERFIELD DIANE (Text) | 35740635396237 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Wernersville Public Library | SET (Text) | 33249022929669 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Womelsdorf Community Library | SET (Text) | 33249022597755 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Barrett Paradise Friendly Library | F Set (Text)
Memorial:
On a dark midwinteŕs night in an ancient inn on the river Thames, an extraordinary event takes place. The regulars are telling stories to while away the dark hours, when the door bursts open on a grievously wounded stranger. In his arms is the lifeless bodyof a small child. Hours later, the girl stirs, takes a breath and returns to life. Is it a miracle? Is it magic? Or can science provide an explanation? These questions have many answers, some of them quite dark indeed. Those who dwell on the river bank apply all their ingenuity to solving the puzzle of the girl who died and lived again, yet as the days pass the mystery only deepens. The child herself is mute and unable to answer the essential questions: Who is she? Wheredid she come from? And to whom does she belong? But answers proliferate nonetheless. Three families are keen to claim her. A wealthy young mother knows the girl is her kidnapped daughter, missing for two years. A farming family reeling from the discovery of their sońs secret liaison, stand ready to welcome their granddaughter. The parsońshousekeeper, humble and isolated, sees in the child the image of her younger sister. But the return of a lost child is not without complications and no matter how heartbreaking the past losses, no matter how precious the child herself, this girl cannot beeveryonés. Each family has mysteries of its own, and many secrets must be revealed before the girĺs identity can be known.
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37171000009197 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Bethany Public Library | FIC SET (Text) | 38430000304654 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Dimmick Main Library | F SET (Text) | 420001001556853 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Dingman Township Library | PB F SET (Text) | 30352101254455 | Paperback | Available | - |
