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Mourning Ruby

Paperback • 2004 • English • 1. edition

Mourning Ruby

By Helen Dunmore

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About the book

More than thirty years ago, a mother laid her newborn baby in a shoebox and left it by the bins in the backyard of an Italian restaurant. Now the baby, Rebecca, is a mother herself, and she and her husband Adam are about to experience the greatest tragedy parents can face.

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary

Book details

ISBN

9780141017563

Publisher

Penguin

Published year

2004

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Mourning Ruby

Format

Paperback

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