{"product_id":"the-story-she-left-behind","title":"The Story She Left Behind","description":"\u003cb\u003eINSTANT \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Brilliant, riveting, so beautifully written, impossible to put down.\" --Louise Penny, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eInspired by a true literary mystery, the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the mesmerizing \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Book of Flora Lea \u003c\/i\u003ereturns with the sweeping story of a legendary book, a lost mother, and a daughter's search for them both.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1927, eight-year-old Clara Harrington's magical childhood shatters when her mother, renowned author, Bronwyn Newcastle Fordham, vanishes off the coast of South Carolina. Bronwyn stunned the world with a book written in an invented language that became a national sensation when she was just twelve years old. Her disappearance leaves behind not only a devoted husband and heartbroken daughter, but also the hope of ever translating the sequel to her landmark work. As the headlines focus on the missing author, Clara yearns for something far deeper and more insatiable: her beloved mother. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By 1952, Clara is an illustrator raising her own daughter, Wynnie. When a stranger named Charlie Jameson contacts her from London claiming to have discovered a handwritten dictionary of her mother's lost language. Clara is skeptical. Compelled by the tragedy of her mother's disappearance, she crosses the Atlantic with Wynnie only to arrive during one of London's most deadly natural disasters--the Great Smog. With asthmatic Wynnie in peril, they escape the city with Charlie and find refuge in the Jameson's family retreat nestled in the Lake District. It is there that Clara must find the courage to uncover the truth about her mother and the story she left behind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Graceful in its telling and so very wise in its insights, \u003ci\u003eThe Story She Left Behind\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that will capture your heart, lift your spirits, and delight your soul\" (William Kent Krueger, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author).","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51943481049319,"sku":"9781668011874","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_a0938539-f5ff-4913-b473-b1fff8d2d22a.jpg?v=1775323804","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/the-story-she-left-behind","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}