- Historical Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Historical
**One town. Two families. A secret that changes everything.**
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and contemplative.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Patrick Ryan
- First published
- 2025
- Pages
- 464
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780593595039
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First sentence
“Cal Jenkins was born in the spring of 1920 with one leg shorter than the other.”
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