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Mysterious nineteenth-century letters found in the attic of her city brownstone lead Anna and her restless granddaughter, Emma, on a search to discover family secrets in the town of Griffin. To their surprise, the elusive town has all but vanished, reclaimed by the Adirondack forest. What was... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Anna: A sixty-ish grandma, Albany flower shop owner, and accomplished photographer
- Emma: Anna's fourteen-year-old granddaughter who becomes pasionate about finding information about the love letters between Tess and Luke.
- Miles: A hermit who retreated to the quiet of the Adirondack woods after returning home from Vietnam
- Tess: The 19th century Albany girl who attends Emma Willard and spends summers with her grandmother in Griffin, NY. There she meets and begins a romance with Luke.
- Luke: The Griffin native who writes the love letters to Tess that Anna and Emma find in the attic.
Organizations edit
First Sentence edit
Time is an elusive friend, she thought.
Table of Contents edit
1 Connecting
2 Exploring
3 Currents
4 Trusting
5 Wings
6 Flight Patterns
7 Breaking Free
Themes & Symbolism edit
Authors & Contributors edit
- Barbara Delaney (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: 978-1-61468-061-1
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