The Cove
  • Published:
    Apr-2012 (Hardcover)
    Nov-2012 (Paperback)
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook / Audio
  • Main Genre:
    Historical
  • Time Period:
    WWI (1914-1918) 20th Century Contemporary
  • Pages:
    255
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The New York Times bestselling author of Serena returns to Appalachia, this time at the height of World War I, with the story of a blazing but doomed love affair caught in the turmoil of a nation at war

Deep in the rugged Appalachians of North Carolina lies the cove, a dark, forbidding place where spirits and fetches wander, and even the light fears to travel. Or so the townsfolk of Mars Hill believe-just as they know that Laurel Shelton, the lonely young woman who lives within its shadows, is a witch. Alone except for her brother, Hank, newly returned from the trenches of France, she aches for her life to begin.

Then it happens-a stranger appears, carrying nothing but a beautiful silver flute and a note explaining that his name is Walter, he is mute, and is bound for New York. Laurel finds him in the woods, nearly stung to death by yellow jackets, and nurses him back to health. As the days pass, Walter slips easily into life in the cove and into Laurel's heart, bringing her the only real happiness she has ever known.

But Walter harbors a secret that could destroy everything-and danger is closer than they know. Though the war in Europe is near its end, patriotic fervor flourishes thanks to the likes of Chauncey Feith, an ambitious young army recruiter who stokes fear and outrage throughout the county. In a time of uncertainty, when fear and ignorance reign, Laurel and Walter will discover that love may not be enough to protect them.

This lyrical, heart-rending tale, as mesmerizing as its award-winning predecessor Serena, shows once again this masterful novelist at the height of his powers.
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    • Nov-2012
    • Ecco Press
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0061804207
    • ISBN13: 9780061804205
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    • HarperCollins
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0594678935
    • ISBN13: 9780594678939
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    • Mar-2012
    • Canongate Books
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0857863614
    • ISBN13: 9780857863614
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    • Jan-2013
    • Canongate Books Ltd
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0857862626
    • ISBN13: 9780857862624
    • First Edition
    • Apr-2012
    • Ecco Press
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0061804193
    • ISBN13: 9780061804199
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    • Mar-2012
    • Canongate Books
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0857862618
    • ISBN13: 9780857862617
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    • Apr-2012
    • Canongate Books
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 0857862634
    • ISBN13: 9780857862631
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    • Apr-2012
    • Text Publishing
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1921921293
    • ISBN13: 9781921921292
    •  
    • Apr-2012
    • Harper
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 0062096907
    • ISBN13: 9780062096906
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    • Nov-2012
    • HarperCollins
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 0062267302
    • ISBN13: 9780062267306
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    • May-2012
    • HarperAudio
    • Downloadable Audio
    • ISBN: 006222073X
    • ISBN13: 9780062220738
    •  
    • May-2012
    • HarperAudio
    • Downloadable Audio
    • ISBN: 0062220748
    • ISBN13: 9780062220745
    •  
    • May-2012
    • Dreamscape, LLC
    • Audio CD
    • ISBN: 1611208041
    • ISBN13: 9781611208047
    •  
    • Aug-2012
    • Dreamscape Media
    • Playaway
    • ISBN: 161707666X
    • ISBN13: 9781617076664
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    • Aug-2012
    • Dreamscape Media
    • Playaway
    • ISBN: 1611208068
    • ISBN13: 9781611208061
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    • Jun-2012
    • Thorndike Press
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1410448584
    • ISBN13: 9781410448583
    • Large Print
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    • Nov-2012
    • Large Print Press
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1594135932
    • ISBN13: 9781594135934
    • Large Print



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