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The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare
Historical fiction
The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare
In the closing days of World War II, widowed Alice Young inherits Evertell, her family's long-abandoned estate near Savannah. She takes her thirteen-year-old daughter Penn intending to sell, but the girl's curiosity revives stories Alice has tried to bury. The discovery of a family commonplace book links generations of Dare women to Eleanor Dare and the enduring mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke. Dreamlike and intergenerational, this historical novel suits readers who enjoy mother-daughter stories, Southern estates, alternative history, inherited gifts, and families learning that untold stories can shape descendants as powerfully as documented facts.
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Death and grief; family trauma and secrets; wartime/historical violence in backstory; child endangerment; abandonment; supernatural or uncanny family lore; romantic content.
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Reasonable Doubt Red
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