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Seven Locks - by Christine Wade (Paperback)
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- Set in the Catskills on the eve of the Revolutionary War, Seven Locks is a spare, haunting, and beautifully written debut for readers who loved The Story of Edgar Sawtelle.The Hudson River Valley, 1769: A man mysteriously disappears without a trace, abandoning his wife and children on their farm at the foot of the Catskill Mountains.
- Author(s): Christine Wade
- 352 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Historical
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Set in the Catskills on the eve of the Revolutionary War, a spare, haunting, and beautifully written debut for readers who loved "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle." In the years before the American Revolution, a woman's husband mysteriously disappears without a trace, abandoning her and her children.Book Synopsis
Set in the Catskills on the eve of the Revolutionary War, Seven Locks is a spare, haunting, and beautifully written debut for readers who loved The Story of Edgar Sawtelle.The Hudson River Valley, 1769: A man mysteriously disappears without a trace, abandoning his wife and children on their farm at the foot of the Catskill Mountains. At first many believe that his wife, who has the reputation of being a scold, has driven her husband away, but as the strange circumstances of his disappearance circulate, a darker story unfolds. And as the lines between myth and reality fade in the wilderness, and an American nation struggles to emerge, the lost man's wife embarks on a desperate journey to find the means to ensure her family's survival . . .Review Quotes
"Seven Locks is luminous, heartbreaking, and wise; a haunting depiction of physical and emotional survival, where truth is recognized too late."
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