The Stolen Marriage: The Twisting, Turning, Most Heartbreaking Mystery You'll Read This Year

By: Diane Chamberlain

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Synopsis: 'Fans of Jodi Picoult's style will love how Diane Chamberlain writes' Candis'I love Diane's writing' Cathy Kelly, author of The Year That Changed EverythingThe Stolen Marriage is a compelling novel from Diane Chamberlain, the bestselling author of The Silent Sister, Pretending to Dance and The Midwife’s Confession.In 1944, Tess DeMello abruptly ends her engagement to the love of her life, marries a mysterious stranger and moves to Hickory, North Carolina. Tess’s new husband, Henry Kraft, is a secretive man who often stays out all night and Tess quickly comes to realize that she is now trapped in a strange and loveless marriage.The people of Hickory love and respect Henry and see Tess as an outsider, treating her with suspicion and disdain. What does everyone know about Henry that she does not?When a polio epidemic strikes the town, taking the lives of some of its children, the townspeople band together to quickly build a polio hospital. Tess, who has a nursing degree, bucks Henry’s wishes and begins to work at the hospital. As Henry’s actions grow more baffling and alarming by the day, can she untangle her husband’s mysterious behaviour and save her own life?

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781509809578
Related ISBNs:: 9781509808557, 9781509808533
Publisher:: Pan Macmillan
Date of Addition:: 03/28/19
Copyrighted By:: Diane Chamberlain
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Military, Romance, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers, Parenting and Family
Reading Age:: 18 and up
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.