- Literature, Fiction, Grief, Death
More than thirty years ago, a mother laid her newborn baby in a shoebox and left it by the bins in the backyard of an Italian restaurant. Now the baby, Rebecca, is a mother herself, and she and her husband Adam are about to experience the greatest tragedy parents can face.
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About the book
- Author
- Helen Dunmore
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 299
- Publisher
- Berkley Books, Penguin Group UK, Center Point Pub.
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780399151484
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