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Sixteen-year-old Mattie Gokey has big dreams but little hope of seeing them come true. Desperate for money, she takes a job at the Glenmore, where hotel guest Grace Brown entrusts her with the task of burning a secret bundle of letters. But when Grace's drowned body is fished from the lake, Mattie discovers that the letters could reveal the grim truth behind a murder.Set in 1906 against the backdrop of the murder that inspired Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy, Jennifer Donnelly's astonishing debut novel effortlessly weaves romance, history, and a murder mystery into something moving, and real, and wholly original.Includes a reader's guide and an interview with the author.
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A Northern Light, Jennifer Donnelly
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2004
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- Titel
- A Northern Light
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Jennifer Donnelly
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2004
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 396
- ISBN10
- 0152053107
- ISBN13
- 9780152053109
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Belletristik, Krimi & Thriller, Romantik, Historische Romane, Young Adult, Krimi, Liebe, Familie, Freundschaft, Morde, Tod, Mädchen, Hoffnung, Briefe, Armut, Schriftstellerinnen, Farmen, Bauernhof, Hotels, Nordamerika
- Originaltitel
- A northern light
- Bewertung
- 3,8 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- Sixteen-year-old Mattie Gokey has big dreams but little hope of seeing them come true. Desperate for money, she takes a job at the Glenmore, where hotel guest Grace Brown entrusts her with the task of burning a secret bundle of letters. But when Grace's drowned body is fished from the lake, Mattie discovers that the letters could reveal the grim truth behind a murder.Set in 1906 against the backdrop of the murder that inspired Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy, Jennifer Donnelly's astonishing debut novel effortlessly weaves romance, history, and a murder mystery into something moving, and real, and wholly original.Includes a reader's guide and an interview with the author.