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Discover a sweeping story that will break your heart and mend it again, perfect for fans of Where the Crawdads Sing and The Vanishing Half.

''I love a novel this much maybe just once or twice a year.'' - Curtis Sittenfeld, author of RODHAM and ROMANTIC COMEDY

''A beautiful multi-generational story of belonging, identity and what it means to find yourself when you''ve lost your family. Sentence by sentence, the writing can take your breath away.'' - Elizabeth Day, author of FRIENDAHOLIC

What if the price of moving forward is losing the only family you''ve ever known?

Summer, 1987. On the sweltering streets of the dying New England mill town of Swift River, sixteen-year-old Diamond Newbury is desperately lonely. It''s been seven years since her father disappeared, and while her mother is determined to move on, Diamond can''t distance herself from his memory. When Diamond receives a letter from

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      Publisher: Dialogue
      Publication Date: 1/4/2024
      ISBN13: 9780349703862, 978-0349703862
      ISBN10: 0349703868
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Discover a sweeping story that will break your heart and mend it again, perfect for fans of Where the Crawdads Sing and The Vanishing Half.

      ''I love a novel this much maybe just once or twice a year.''       - Curtis Sittenfeld, author of RODHAM and ROMANTIC COMEDY

      ''A beautiful multi-generational story of belonging, identity and what it means to find yourself when you''ve lost your family. Sentence by sentence, the writing can take your breath away.'' - Elizabeth Day, author of FRIENDAHOLIC

      What if the price of moving forward is losing the only family you''ve ever known?

      Summer, 1987. On the sweltering streets of the dying New England mill town of Swift River, sixteen-year-old Diamond Newbury is desperately lonely. It''s been seven years since her father disappeared, and while her mother is determined to move on, Diamond can''t distance herself from his memory. When Diamond receives a letter from

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