The Story She Left Behind

The Story She Left Behind - Hardcover

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The Story She Left Behind - Hardcover

The Story She Left Behind - Hardcover

by Patti Callahan Henry
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by Patti Callahan Henry (Author)

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"Brilliant, riveting, so beautifully written, impossible to put down." --Louise Penny, #1 New York Times bestselling author

Inspired by a true literary mystery, the New York Times bestselling author of the mesmerizing The Secret Book of Flora Lea returns with the sweeping story of a legendary book, a lost mother, and a daughter's search for them both.

In 1927, eight-year-old Clara Harrington's magical childhood shatters when her mother, renowned author, Bronwyn Newcastle Fordham, vanishes 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 disappearance 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 beloved mother.

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 disappearance, 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.

"Graceful in its telling and so very wise in its insights, The Story She Left Behind is a book that will capture your heart, lift your spirits, and delight your soul" (William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling author).

Author Biography

Patti Callahan Henry is the New York Times bestselling author of nineteen novels. She is also a podcast host of original content and the co-host and co-creator of the popular weekly online Frends and Fiction live web show and podcast. Published in over 20 languages, her work has also been in numerous anthologies, articles, an audible original, and short story collections. Once a pediatric clinical nurse specialist she now writes full time in Mountain Brook, Alabama. Married to Pat Henry, the mother of three and a grandmother of three.

Number of Pages: 352
Dimensions: 1.4 x 9 x 6.3 IN
Publication Date: March 18, 2025
ISBN9781668011874
Author Patti Callahan Henry
PublisherAtria Books
GenreLiterature
FormatHardcover
PublishedMarch 2025
LanguageENG- English
Pages352
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Patti Callahan Henry is the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of several novels, including Surviving Savannah and Becoming Mrs. Lewis. She is the recipient of the Christy Award, the Harper Lee Award for Alabama's Distinguished Writer of the Year Award, and the Alabama Library Association Book of the Year. She is the cohost and cocreator of the popular weekly online live web show and podcast Friends and Fiction. She lives in Alabama and South Carolina with her family. Find out more at PattiCallahanHenry.com.

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