The Story She Left Behind

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The Story She Left Behind – A Haunting Literary Mystery by Patti Callahan Henry

📖✨ A Lost Mother. A Legendary Book. A Daughter’s Search for the Truth. ✨📖

From New York Times bestselling author Patti Callahan Henry, The Story She Left Behind is a spellbinding historical mystery inspired by a true literary enigma. A tale of family, legacy, and the secrets hidden in stories, this novel weaves together a missing author, an invented language, and a daughter's quest for answers.

📜 1927 – A Literary Prodigy Vanishes.
Eight-year-old Clara Harrington’s world shatters when her mother, renowned author Bronwyn Newcastle Fordham, mysteriously disappears off the coast of South Carolina. Bronwyn’s debut novel, written in an invented language, became a literary sensation. But with her vanishing, she leaves behind an unfinished sequel and a grieving family.

🔍 1952 – A Discovery That Changes Everything.
Now an illustrator and mother, Clara is shocked when a stranger from London claims to have found a dictionary of her mother’s lost language. Desperate for answers, she and her young daughter, Wynnie, set off for England—only to arrive during the Great Smog of London, a deadly disaster that puts Wynnie’s life in danger.

🏡 A Journey to the Past & A Family’s Hidden Truths.
Escaping the city with their mysterious guide, they find refuge in a remote retreat in the Lake District. There, Clara must unravel the secrets of her mother’s disappearance—and the unfinished story she left behind.

✨ Perfect for fans of The Secret Book of Flora Lea, The Thirteenth Tale, and Where the Crawdads Sing, The Story She Left Behind is a poignant, literary mystery about the enduring power of love, loss, and the stories that shape us. ✨