Pearl

Pearl

Siân Hughes
Book - 2024

"Heartbreaking and redeeming by turns, Pearl is the story--based on a Medieval poem--of a young woman in a small English village struggling with the disappearance of her mother, what feels like a lifetime ago"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hughes, Siân, 1965- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.
Edition:First American edition.
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