The key / Kathryn Hughes.
1956. It's Ellen Crosby's first day as a student nurse at Ambergate County Lunatic Asylum. When she meets a young woman committed by her father, and a pioneering physician keen to try out the various 'cures' for mental illness, little does Ellen know that a choice she will make is to change all their lives for ever ... 2006. Sarah is drawn to the abandoned Ambergate Asylum. Whilst exploring the old corridors she discovers a suitcase belonging to a female patient who was admitted fifty years earlier. The shocking contents lead Sarah to unravel a forgotten story of tragedy, lost love and an old wrong that only she may have the power to put right ...
Record details
- ISBN: 9781472248855
- ISBN: 1472248856
- ISBN: 9781472248848
- ISBN: 1472248848
- Physical Description: 439 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: London : Headline review, an imprint of Headline Publishing Group, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes bonus material: Q & A with the author. Includes an excerpt from: The secret. "A life stolen. A heart broken. A wrong that needs to be made right."--Cover. |
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Genre: | Romance fiction. Historical fiction. |
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Altoona Area Public Library | F HUG (Text) | 33240004482397 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Summary:
1956. It's Ellen Crosby's first day as a student nurse at Ambergate County Lunatic Asylum. When she meets a young woman committed by her father, and a pioneering physician keen to try out the various 'cures' for mental illness, little does Ellen know that a choice she will make is to change all their lives for ever ... 2006. Sarah is drawn to the abandoned Ambergate Asylum. Whilst exploring the old corridors she discovers a suitcase belonging to a female patient who was admitted fifty years earlier. The shocking contents lead Sarah to unravel a forgotten story of tragedy, lost love and an old wrong that only she may have the power to put right ...