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A poignant and beautiful debut novel explores a man's quest to unravel the mystery of his wife's death with the help of the only witness--their Rhodesian ridgeback, Lorelei.
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- Author
- Carolyn Parkhurst
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 299
- Publisher
- Little, Brown, Back Bay Books, Hachette Audio
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- Chinese, English
- ISBN
- 9780786259137
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“Here is what we know, those of us who can speak to tell a story: On the afternoon of October 24, my wife,Lexy Ransome, climbed to the top of the apple tree in our backyard and fell to her death.”
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