The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
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Edinburgh, 1930s. The Lennox family finds themselves at odds with their youngest daughter, Esme. She is outspoken, unconventional, and a source of repeated embarrassment in polite society. When Esme disappears, the family's troubles are far from over.
Decades later, Iris Lockhart, proprietor of a vintage shop, receives a startling phone call. Her great-aunt Esme, a woman Iris never knew existed, is being released from Cauldstone Hospital after sixty-one years. Esme’s release papers reveal she is the sister of Iris’s grandmother, Kitty, who always claimed to be an only child. Esme, a dreamy, bookish girl who wouldn't flirt with boys, vanished in the space of a moment. What could she have done to warrant a lifetime in an institution, and how can a person be so completely erased from a family’s history?
As Iris prepares to take in this near-stranger, she sees the shadow of her deceased father in Esme’s face. This family member, never mentioned, is sure to carry life-altering secrets. If Iris takes her in, what dangerous truths might she inherit?
Publication date
June 18, 2013
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4.4/5
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288
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English
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Harper Perennial
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