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The hand that first held mine  Cover Image Book Book

The hand that first held mine / Maggie O'Farrell.

Summary:

Fifty years after an unconventional reporter of genteel origins becomes a single mother, present-day London painter Elina navigates the first weeks of motherhood upon surviving a dangerous labor and learns that her life is disconcertingly linked to the woman from the past.
A spell-binding novel of two women connected across fifty years by art, love, betrayals, secrets, and motherhood.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0547330790
  • ISBN: 9780547330792
  • Physical Description: 341 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First U.S. edition.
  • Publisher: Boston [Mass.] : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A novel"--Jacket.
Subject: Secrecy > Fiction.
Women painters.
Women painters > Fiction.
Motherhood > Fiction.
Family secrets > Fiction.
London (England) > Fiction.
Genre: Psychological fiction.
Romance fiction.

Available copies

  • 10 of 10 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 10 total copies.
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Altoona Area Public Library OFA 1 (Text) 33240004268911 Adult Fiction Available -
Cambria County Library FICTION OFar (Text) 85131001185827 CACM Fiction Available -
Emmaus Public Library FIC O'FARRELL, MAGGIE (Text) 36446002094913 Adult Recent Reads Available -
New Castle Public Library Fic O'Farrell (Text)
Donated: Purchased With Funds Provided By The Friends Of The Library.
31902004976023 NWCM Fiction Available -
North Wales Area Library F O'Farrell (Text) 35410000574400 NWAL Fiction Available -
Schuylkill Valley Community Library OFA (Text) 33249018522783 Fiction Available -
Somerset County Library F OFAR (Text) 35907001404339 SOCM Fiction Available -
Taylor Community Library FICTION OFARREL (Text) 50692010518770 Adult Fiction Available -
Dingman Township Library F Ofa (Text) 30352100593432 Fiction Available -
Pocono Mountain Public Library F O'Fa (Text) 35540000001369 PMPL 2nd Floor Fiction Available -


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