Kathryn Hughes

The Key (Bok)

From the #1 bestselling author of The Letter Kathryn Hughes comes The Key, an unforgettable story of a heartbreaking secret that will stay with you for ever. 'Riveting' Lesley Pearse on The Letter. 'Gripping' Good Housekeeping on The Secret. 1956 It's Ellen Crosby's first day at work as a student nurse at Ambergate County Lunatic Asylum. When she meets Amy Sullivan, a young woman committed for allegedly attempting to drown herself and her baby stepsister, and Dr Stephen Lambourn, a pioneering physician keen to try out the various 'cures' available for mental illness, little does Ellen know that a choice she will make is to change all their lives for ever...Present dayUnder the cover of darkness, Sarah picks her way through the brambles to the abandoned Ambergate Asylum. A vast building with over six miles of corridors, the asylum still houses the metal-framed beds, rusty instruments and infamous padded cells used before it closed its doors for the last time. In an old wardrobe, Sarah discovers a suitcase belonging to a female patient who was admitted to the asylum in 1956. The shocking contents of the suitcase lead Sarah to unravel a forgotten story of tragedy, lost love and an old wrong that only Sarah may have the power to put right.

Författare:	Kathryn Hughes
Titel:	The Key
Typ:	Bok
Bandtyp:	Pocket
Kategori:	Böcker/Skönlitteratur/Utländsk
Releasedatum:	2018-09-06
Registreringsdatum:	2018-06-20
Artikelnummer:	707831
Lagerstatus:	Beställningsvara Leveranstid: från 14 vardagar
EAN:	9781472248848
ISBN:	1472248848
Språk:	Engelska
Mått(BxHxD):	128x197x28 mm
Omfång:	448 sidor
Vikt:	316 gram
Titel:	The Key
Förlag:	Headline