Screen LibraryThe girl on the cliff：a novel
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Atria Books,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2012. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 1st Atria paperback ed. |
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| Carrier Form: | 407 p.: ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781451655827 (trade paper) 1451655827 (trade paper) 9781451655858 (ebook) 1451655851 (ebook) |
| Index Number: | I562 |
| CLC: | I562.45 |
| Call Number: | I562.45/R573 |
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Originally published: Great Britain: Penguin Books, 2011. Includes bibliographical references. "To escape a recent heartbreak in New York, Grania Ryan returns to her family home on the rugged, wind-swept coast of Ireland. Here, on the cliff edge in the middle of a storm, she meets a young girl, Aurora Lisle, who will profoundly change her life. Despite the warnings Grania receives from her mother to be wary of the Lisle family, Aurora and Grania forge a close friendship. Through a trove of old family letters dating from 1914, Grania begins to learn just how deeply their families' histories are entwined. The horrors of World War I, the fate of a beautiful foundling child, and the irres |