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      Absent in the Spring

      by Mary Westmacott
      Published
      Jan 1944
      Main Genre
      Historical Mystery Hist. Mystery
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      192
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      Returning from a visit to her daughter in Iraq, Joan Scudamore finds herself unexpectedly alone and stranded in an isolated rest house by flooding of the railway tracks. This sudden solitude compels Joan to assess her life for the first time ever and face up to many of the truths about herself. Looking back over the years, Joan painfully re-examines her attitudes, relationships and actions and becomes increasingly uneasy about the person who is revealed to her...

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