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The hand that first held mine : a novel / Maggie O'Farrell.

Summary:

Fifty years after a reporter of genteel origins becomes a single mother, London painter Elina navigates the first weeks of motherhood after surviving a dangerous labor and learns that her life is disconcertingly linked to the woman from the past.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0547330790
  • ISBN: 9780547330792
  • Physical Description: 341 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First United States edition
  • Publisher: Boston [Mass.] : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A novel"--Jacket.
Subject:
Family secrets > Fiction.
Motherhood > Fiction.
Secrecy > Fiction.
Women painters > Fiction.
Motherhood.
Secrecy.
London (England) > Fiction.
Genre:
Psychological fiction.
Romance fiction.

Available copies

  • 15 of 17 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 17 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Marion Library FIC OFA (Text) 37810434894951 Adult Fiction Available -
Cleveland County Main Library F OFARRELL (Text) 22281500053208 Adult Fiction Available -
East Asheville Library F OFA (Text) 0020508711080 Adult Fiction Available -
Fairview Library F OFA (Text) 0020509130850 Adult Fiction Available -
Haywood County Main Library F O'Farrell (Text) 33115006833021 Adult Fiction Checked out 08/15/2026
Henderson Main Branch OFA (Text) 33258006671353 Adult Fiction Available -
Jackson County Public Library F O'FARRELL (Text) 39493107991830 Adult Fiction Available -
Louisburg - Main Branch F/O'Farrell (Text) 72350000041563 Adult Fiction Available -
Macon County Public Library F O'FARRELL (Text) 39493106736871 Adult Fiction Available -
Marianna Black Library F O'FARRELL (Text) 39493106638796 Adult Fiction Available -

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