false 831231 23 Mystery author, Ruth Rendell (writing as Barbara Vine) evokes the life of Anna, a young Danish immigrant in turn-of-the-century London, as she confides her rebellious thoughts to her diary. Years later Anna's granddaughter stumbles upon missing portions of the diary that may provide the answer to an unsolved murder: the stabbing of a woman and the disappearance of her daughter. Ricocheting between diary passages and Anne's search into the lives of her mother and grandmother, the reader learns the truth about the women in Anne's past. Actress Wanda McCaddon reads this engrossing story-within-a-story. 2 cassettes. 3330783 1 10 1993 Anna's Book total:250|5:70|4:99|3:70|2:9|1:2| 250 976 321 27 5 1 false false Thu Oct 01 08:23:23 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 05 12:50:07 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 01 08:23:23 -0700 2009 12? more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 12:42:08 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 16:57:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 21:20:12 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 21:29:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Jun 13 08:10:39 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 13 08:15:09 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 18:28:36 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 15:14:16 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Aug 24 03:34:37 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 03:35:47 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Sep 03 06:05:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 03 06:14:59 -0700 2007 How to describe this book? It has one of my favorite set-ups -- a family/historical mystery solved by people in the current day. But that is simplifying things a lot. Anna is a Danish housewife in London who keeps a diary in the early 1900s. ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 06:55:45 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 06:56:55 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Oct 09 22:18:29 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 22:57:43 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Feb 21 12:37:17 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 28 21:49:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Sat Jul 11 10:50:28 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 09:19:21 -0700 2009 It's an exceptional good murder/mystery novel, absolutely enthralling...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jun 26 06:54:35 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 06:55:02 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Thu Mar 26 13:17:41 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 07:20:35 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Mar 27 15:20:32 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 15:21:13 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Apr 24 16:36:16 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 24 16:37:56 -0700 2008
Appeal Factors: Family Secrets, Strong Women...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 09:58:17 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 07:46:32 -0800 2008
Solid writing, but a little too ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Nov 08 17:43:13 -0800 2008 Fri Jul 18 12:18:32 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 08 17:43:13 -0800 2008 1 0 false false Wed Jun 25 10:31:40 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 25 05:12:12 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Jan 04 11:58:42 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 11:59:44 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Thu Mar 27 14:15:50 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 20:07:05 -0700 2008