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The Wonder House
The Wonder House
Author: Justine Hardy
ISBN-13: 9780802118226
ISBN-10: 0802118224
Publication Date: 3/7/2006
Pages: 386
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Grove Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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Three women live on The Wonder House , a boat moored on Nagin Lake and carved from from the great cedars that watch over the Kashmir Valley. Suriya is mute and carries a terrible secret. Her daugther , Lila, wants to escape the past and live a differnt kind of life. But together, they tend to Gracie a defiant Yorkshirewoman living out her widowhood by the lake. A military coup over the border brings violence crashing back into the Valley . When an english journalist arrives to report on the conflict , Gracie invites him to stay on The Wonder House. But Hal is a man adrift and his love for one of the women threatens more than just the fragile peace on the houseboat.