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The lost boy of Santa Chionia / Juliet Grames.

Grames, Juliet, (author.).

Summary:
"Calabria, 1960. Francesca Loftfield, a twenty-seven-year-old, starry-eyed American, arrives in the isolated mountain village of Santa Chionia tasked with opening a nursery school. There is no road, no doctor, no running water or electricity. And thanks to a recent flood that swept away the post office, there's no mail, either. Most troubling, though, is the human skeleton that surfaced after the flood waters receded. Who is it? And why don't the police come and investigate? When an old woman begs Francesca to help determine if the remains are those of her long-missing son, Francesca begins to ask a lot of inconvenient questions. As an outsider, she might be the only person who can uncover the truth. Or she might be getting in over her head. As she attempts to juggle a nosy landlady, a suspiciously dashing shepherd, and a network of local families bound together by a code of silence, Francesca finds herself forced to choose between the charitable mission that brought her to Santa Chionia, and her future happiness, between truth and survival. Set in the wild heart of Calabria, a land of sheer cliff faces, ancient tradition, dazzling sunlight-and one of the world's most ruthless criminal syndicates-The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia is a suspenseful puzzle mystery, a captivating romance, and an affecting portrait of a young woman in search of a meaningful life"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593536179
  • ISBN: 0593536177
  • ISBN: 9780593469811
  • ISBN: 059346981X
  • Physical Description: 399 pages: map ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.
Subject: Young women > Fiction.
Americans > Italy > Fiction.
Missing persons > Fiction.
Cold cases (Criminal investigation) > Fiction.
Secrecy > Fiction.
Villages > Fiction.
Nineteen sixties > Fiction.
Calabria (Italy) > Fiction.
Italy, Southern > Fiction.
Genre: Detective and mystery fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 1 of 2 copies available at Lehigh Valley Library System. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Easton Area Public Library System.

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  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Easton Main Library GRAMES (Text) 31901004820579 New Adult Fiction Checked Out 10/18/2024


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