by Diane Chamberlain (Author)
'Fans of Jodi Picoult's style will love how Diane Chamberlain writes' Candis
'I love Diane's writing' Cathy Kelly, author of The Year That Changed Everything
The Stolen Marriage is a compelling novel from Diane Chamberlain, the bestselling author of The Silent Sister, Pretending to Dance and The Midwife's Confession.
In 1944, Tess DeMello abruptly ends her engagement to the love of her life, marries a mysterious stranger and moves to Hickory, North Carolina. Tess's new husband, Henry Kraft, is a secretive man who often stays out all night and Tess quickly comes to realize that she is now trapped in a strange and loveless marriage.
The people of Hickory love and respect Henry and see Tess as an outsider, treating her with suspicion and disdain. What does everyone know about Henry that she does not?
When a polio epidemic strikes the town, taking the lives of some of its children, the townspeople band together to quickly build a polio hospital. Tess, who has a nursing degree, bucks Henry's wishes and begins to work at the hospital. As Henry's actions grow more baffling and alarming by the day, can she untangle her husband's mysterious behaviour and save her own life?
Format: Paperback
Pages: 528
Edition: Main Market
Publisher: Pan
Published: 11 Jan 2018
ISBN 10: 1509808558
ISBN 13: 9781509808557
Book Overview: A young woman must unravel her husband's secrets and win over a hostile community in 1940s North Carolina, in this gripping mystery.