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From Amazon.com: Adopted as a child into a privileged family, Philippa Palfrey fantasizes that she is the daughter of an aristocrat and a parlor maid. The terrifying truth about her parents and a long-ago murder is only the first in a series of shocking betrayals.
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About the book
- Author
- P. D. James
- First published
- 1980
- Pages
- 349
- Publisher
- Fayard, Droemersche Verlagsanstalt Th. Knaur Nachf. GmbH & Co, Sifriyat Maʻariv
- Editions
- 46
- Language
- Italian, German, French, und
- ISBN
- 9780571248643
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“THE SOCIAL WORKER was older than she had expected; perhaps the nameless official who arranged these matters thought that graying hair and menopausal plumpness might induce confidence in the adopted adults who came for their compulsory counseling.”
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