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Title Statement | The book of hidden wonders: a novel / Polly Crosby. |
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Alternative Title(s) | Hidden wonders: a novel |
Author | Crosby, Polly |
Publication | Toronto, Ontario: Park Row Books,[2020]©2020 |
Extent of Item | 380 pages ; |
ISBN | 0778310000 9780778310006 |
Other Number | 3796076 |
Summary | Romilly Kemp and her eccentric father have happy but sheltered lives in a ramshackle mansion in the English countryside. To help make ends meet, he creates an illustrated book with Romillystriking girl with red hair and a mole on her cheekas the heroine with her cat, Monty. The book becomes an instant success and their estate is overrun with tourists and adventure seekers after rumors spread that hidden within its pages is an elaborate treasure hunt. As Romilly gets older and her father writes more books, he starts disappearing within himself. She returns to his illustrations, looking for a way to connect with her ailing father, and finds a series of clues hes left just for her. But this treasure hunt doesnt lead her to gold or precious stones, but something worth far morea shocking secret that is crucial to understanding her family. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Fathers and daughters--Fiction |
Illustrators--Fiction | |
Books and reading--Fiction | |
Characters and characteristics in literature--Fiction | |
Family secrets--Fiction | |
Mental illness--Fiction | |
By Genre | Domestic fiction |
Psychological fiction | |
Bildungsromans |