| Mister Memory Contributor(s): Sedgwick, Marcus (Author) |
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ISBN: 1681777339 ISBN-13: 9781681777337 Publisher: Pegasus Crime OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Historical - Fiction | Medical |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.6" W x 8.6" (0.70 lbs) 336 pages |
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| Publisher Description: In the idyllic early summer of 1914, life is good for the de Witt family. Rudolf and Verena are planning the wedding of their daughter Emmeline, while their eldest son, Arthur, is studying in Paris, and Michael is just back from his first term at Cambridge. Celia, the youngest of the de Witt children, is on the brink of adulthood and secretly dreams of escaping her carefully mapped-out future and exploring the world.But the onslaught of war changes everything and soon the de Witts find themselves sidelined and in danger of losing everything they hold dear. As Celia struggles to make sense of the changing world around her, she lies about her age to join the war effort and finds herself embroiled in a complex plot that puts not only herself but those she loves in danger.With gripping detail and brilliant empathy, Kate Williams tells the story of Celia and her family as they are shunned by a society that previously embraced them, torn apart by sorrow, and buffeted and changed by the storms of war. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sedgwick, Marcus: - Marcus Sedgwick is a critically appraised author of YA fiction. Mister Memory is his second novel for adults, following A Love Like Blood. His books have been shortlisted for over thirty awards, including the Carnegie Medal (five times), the Edgar Allan Poe Award (twice) and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (four times). He won the Branford Boase award for his debut novel, Floodland, and the Booktrust Teenage Prize for My Swordhand is Singing |