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A small child is found alone on a dock in Australia 1913 with nothing but a small white suitcase containing a book of fairy tales. This story traces the story of that little girl and the search for her identity. It is told through the eyes of the child as an older woman, her granddaughter and the mysterious "authoress" of the fairy tale book. What unfolds is a complex story of social class and rejection in the late nineteenth century. It is not a pretty tale and the fairy stories themselves give
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A nice read - split into different eras where a family secret tries to be resurrected but seemed to want to stay buried until the end.
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This is my sort of story. Connecting three generations of family and their stories as they try to work out their mysteries.
I sometimes wish my own family history search would turn up such great finds. A story about identity, family, friendship intertwined with fairytales.
I sometimes wish my own family history search would turn up such great finds. A story about identity, family, friendship intertwined with fairytales.
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