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001			ocn986631826
003			OCoLC
005			20190307165616.0
008			170918s2017 enk b 000 1 eng d
020			_a9781509884650 _q(pbk.)
020			_a1509884653 _q(pbk.)
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035			_a(OCoLC)986631826 _z(OCoLC)986939181
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082	0	4	_a813.6 _223
100			_aChamberlain, Diane, _d1950- _eauthor. _915389
245	1	4	_aThe stolen marriage / _cDiane Chamberlain.
260			_aLondon, England _bMacmillan _c2017.
300			_a376 pages ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 376)
520			_aIn 1944, twenty-three-year-old Tess DeMello abruptly ends her engagement to the love of her life when she marries a mysterious stranger and moves to Hickory, North Carolina, a small town struggling with racial tension and the hardships imposed by World War II. Tess's new husband, Henry Kraft, is a secretive man who often stays out all night, hides money from his new wife, and shows no interest in making love. Tess quickly realizes she's trapped in a strange and loveless marriage with no way out. The people of Hickory love and respect Henry and see Tess as an outsider, treating her with suspicion and disdain, especially after one of the town's prominent citizens dies in a terrible accident and Tess is blamed. Tess suspects people are talking about her, plotting behind her back, and following her as she walks around town. What does everyone know about Henry that she does not? Feeling alone and adrift, Tess turns to the one person who seems to understand her, a local medium who gives her hope but seems to know more than he's letting on. When a sudden polio epidemic strikes the town, the townspeople band together to build a polio hospital. Tess, who has a nursing degree, bucks Henry's wishes and begins to work at the hospital, finding meaning in nursing the young victims. Yet at home, Henry's actions grow more alarming by the day. As Tess works to save the lives of her patients, can she untangle her husband's mysterious behavior and save her own life?
650		0	_aFamilies _vFiction. _9128
650		0	_aMarried people _vFiction. _92082
650		0	_aPoliomyelitis _vFiction. _99019
650		0	_aEpidemics _vFiction. _91322
650		0	_912525 _aInterpersonal relations _vFiction.
650		0	_913598 _aMediums _vFiction.
651		0	_911962 _aNorth Carolina _vFiction.
650		0	_98799 _aSecrecy _vFiction.
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948			_hHELD BY NZWMT - 21 OTHER HOLDINGS
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