false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255684220m/1978297.jpg 1978297 5 Shattered by a recent bereavement, Minna and husband Tom retreat to an isolated village on the Dorset coast, hoping to find the solitude that will allow them to cope with their loss and rebuild their foundering marriage. Walking on the beach, they unearth a human skeleton. It is a discovery which will plunge Minna into a mystery which will consume her for months to come. The remains are soon identified as those of Private Lew Campbell, a black American GI who, it seems, drowned during a wartime exercise in the area half a century before. Growing increasingly preoccupied with the dead soldiers fate, Minna befriends a melancholy elderly woman, Felix, who lived in the village during the war. As Minna coaxes Felixs story from her, it becomes clear that the old woman knows more about the dead GI than she initially let on. 1981664 2007 Playing with the Moon total:13|5:0|4:1|3:0|2:0|1:0| 13 49 23 5 4 0 false false Sun Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 08 12:20:37 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 12:21:27 -0700 2009
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