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The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry

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Also by Patti Callahan Henry:

The Story She Left Behind, March 2025
Hardcover / e-Book
The Secret Book of Flora Lea, April 2024
Paperback / e-Book
The Secret Book of Flora Lea, May 2023
Hardcover / e-Book
Coming Up for Air, May 2022
Trade Paperback / e-Book
Reunion Beach, May 2021
Hardcover / e-Book
The Favorite Daughter, June 2019
Trade Size / e-Book
The Bookshop at Water's End, July 2017
Trade Size / e-Book
The Idea of Love, July 2015
Hardcover / e-Book
The Stories We Tell, May 2015
Paperback
And Then I Found You, April 2013
Hardcover / e-Book
Coming Up For Air, August 2011
Hardcover
The Perfect Love Song, October 2010
Hardcover
Driftwood Summer, June 2009
Trade Size
The Art Of Keeping Secrets, June 2008
Trade Size
Between The Tides, June 2007
Trade Size
When Light Breaks, May 2006
Trade Size
Where the River Runs, May 2005
Trade Size
Losing The Moon, May 2004
Trade Size
Losing the Moon, May 2004
Paperback / e-Book

The Secret Book of Flora Lea
Patti Callahan Henry

A Novel

Atria Books
April 2024
On Sale: April 2, 2024
Featuring: Hazel; Flora
384 pages
ISBN: 1668011840
EAN: 9781668011843
Kindle: B0B9P2147R
Paperback / e-Book
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Hardcover (May 2023)

Women's Fiction Historical

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

When a woman discovers a rare book that has connections to her past, long-held secrets about her missing sister and their childhood spent in the English countryside during World War II are revealed.

In the war-torn London of 1939, fourteen-year-old Hazel and five-year-old Flora are evacuated to a rural village to escape the horrors of the Second World War. Living with the kind Bridie Aberdeen and her teenage son, Harry, in a charming stone cottage along the River Thames, Hazel fills their days with walks and games to distract her young sister, including one that she creates for her sister and her sister alone—a fairy tale about a magical land, a secret place they can escape to that is all their own.

But the unthinkable happens when young Flora suddenly vanishes while playing near the banks of the river. Shattered, Hazel blames herself for her sister’s disappearance, and she carries that guilt into adulthood as a private burden she feels she deserves.

Twenty years later, Hazel is in London, ready to move on from her job at a cozy rare bookstore to a career at Sotheby’s. With a charming boyfriend and her elegantly timeworn Bloomsbury flat, Hazel’s future seems determined. But her tidy life is turned upside down when she unwraps a package containing an illustrated book called Whisperwood and the River of Stars. Hazel never told a soul about the imaginary world she created just for Flora. Could this book hold the secrets to Flora’s disappearance? Could it be a sign that her beloved sister is still alive after all these years?

As Hazel embarks on a feverish quest, revisiting long-dormant relationships and bravely opening wounds from her past, her career and future hang in the balance. An astonishing twist ultimately reveals the truth in this transporting and refreshingly original novel about the bond between sisters, the complications of conflicted love, and the enduring magic of storytelling.

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