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The secret of Summerhayes / Merryn Allingham.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
LP ALLI	Large Print		Riverwood .	. Available .

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9780750546782
ISBN	0750546786
Name	Allingham, Merryn author
Title	The secret of Summerhayes / Merryn Allingham.
Edition	Large print edition.
Published	Long Preston : Magna, 2018.
Description	354 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
Summary	Summer, 1944. Bombed out by the blitz, Bethany Merston takes up a post as companion to elderly Alice Summer, last remaining inhabitant of the dilapidated and crumbling Summerhayes estate. Now a shadow of its former glory; most of the rooms have been shut up, the garden is overgrown and the whole place feels as unwelcoming as the family themselves.Struggling with the realities of war, Alice is plagued by anonymous letters and haunting visions of her old household. Beth tries to convince her it's all in her mind but then she starts to unravel the mysteries surrounding the aristocratic family's past.
Target audience note	Adult.
Subjects	Aristocracy (Social class) -- Fiction
	Family secrets -- Fiction
	Families -- Fiction
	Scandals -- Fiction
	Sussex (England) -- Fiction
Genre	Domestic fiction
Genre	Large type books
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Links to Related Works	Subject References: Aristocracy (Social class) -- Fiction . Domestic fiction . Families -- Fiction . Family secrets -- Fiction . Large type books . Scandals -- Fiction . Sussex (England) -- Fiction . Authors: Allingham, Merryn .