Marisa Calin
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London, 1947: Besieged by the harshest winter in living memory, burdened by onerous shortages and rationing, the people of postwar Britain are enduring lives of quiet desperation despite their nation's recent victory. Among them are Ann Hughes and Miriam Dassin, embroiderers at the famed Mayfair fashion house of Norman Hartnell. Together they forge an unlikely friendship, but their nascent hopes for a brighter future are tested when they are chosen...
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2013
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When Geniver Loxley lost her daughter at birth eight years ago, her world stopped and never fully started again. She and her husband, Art, have slipped into a rut that seems inescapable. Then a stranger shows up on her doorstep saying what Gen's always wanted to hear: Beth was not stillborn, but was taken as a healthy infant and is still out there waiting to be found. Ignoring warnings from Art and her friends, Gen begins to delve into the dark corners...