The Toll House by Patricia Wendorf

The Toll House by Patricia Wendorf

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Summary

When Nina Franklin buys a cottage known as The Toll House, she doesn't admit that she has lived in the village before, and has tragic memories of the disappearance of her first son. Then she discovers an ancient volume, and reads the story of another stolen child which strangely echoes her own.

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The Toll House by Patricia Wendorf

Recently widowed, Nina Franklin buys the charming little cottage known as The Toll House in order to be closer to her beloved grandson. But she doesn't admit she's lived in Ashkeepers village before - and has memories of it that are too disturbing to share. When she finds an ancient leather-bound volume in the garden shed, she settles down to read The History of the Village of Ashkeepers by Montague George Barnacle and finds within its pages a story of treachery and betrayal that has unsettling echoes of her own ...
Praise for ONE OF US IS LYING: 'Beguilingly understated.. an Aga-saga with attitude' - Sunday Telegraph

A first novel of real quality - The Times

Highly charged, lots of drama - Mail on Sunday
Patricia Wendorf married a German POW in 1948 and this was the basis for her first novel, Peacefully in Berlin, which was runner-up for the Guardian Fiction Prize. Since then she has written a number of well-reviewed novels, including the Sunday Times bestseller, Larksleve. Her compelling novels One of Us is Lying and The Toll House are available from Coronet.
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ISBN 13 9780340671740
ISBN 10 0340671742
Title The Toll House
Author Patricia Wendorf
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Year published 1998-03-05
Number of pages 391
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.