The story she left behind [sound recording] / Patti Callahan Henry.
In 1927, eight-year-old Clara Harrington's magical childhood shatters when her mother, renowned author, Bronwyn Newcastle Fordham, disappears off the coast of South Carolina. Bronwyn stunned the world with a book written in an invented language that became a national sensation when she was just twelve years old. Her departure leaves behind not only a devoted husband and heartbroken daughter, but also the hope of ever translating the sequel to her landmark work. As the headlines focus on the missing author, Clara yearns for something far deeper and more insatiable: her beautiful mother. By 1952, Clara is an illustrator raising her own daughter, Wynnie. When a stranger named Charlie Jameson contacts her from London claiming to have discovered a handwritten dictionary of her mother's lost language. Clara is skeptical. Compelled by the tragedy of her mother's vanishing, she crosses the Atlantic with Wynnie only to arrive during one of London's most deadly natural disasters, the Great Smog. With asthmatic Wynnie in peril, they escape the city with Charlie and find refuge in the Jameson's family retreat nestled in the Lake District. It is there that Clara must find the courage to uncover the truth about her mother and the story she left behind.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781797192864
- ISBN: 1797192868
- ISBN: 9781797192871
- ISBN: 1797192876
- Physical Description: 10 audio discs (12 hr., 30 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [New York] : Simon & Schuster, [2025]
- Copyright: ℗2025
Content descriptions
- Participant or Performer Note:
- Read by Julia Whelan & Theo Solomon, with Patti Callahan Henry.
- System Details Note:
- Compact discs.
Search for related items by subject
- Subject:
- Missing persons > Investigation > Fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
Women authors > Fiction.
Imaginary languages > Fiction.
Missing persons > Fiction.
Family secrets > Fiction.
Transatlantic voyages > Fiction.
South Carolina > Fiction.
London (England) > Fiction. - Genre:
- Audiobooks.
Historical fiction.
Available copies
- 12 of 13 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 13 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars Hill Library | AUDB HEN 10CD (Text) | 30229101390754 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | CDBOOK HENRY (Text) | 39493110135631 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | AUDIO CD F HENRY (Text) | 22281510002736 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| Goldsboro Library | CD HEN (Text) | 990000000553927 | Adult Audiobook Fiction | Available | - |
| Green River Branch | HEN (Text) | 33258035513540 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| Lewisville Branch | HENRY, PATTI 10 CDS (Text) | 2112502344068 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| Madison-Mayodan Public Library | BOCD blue (Text) | 31554012234315 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| Margaret and James Harper, Jr. Library | BOCD HEN (Text) | 31421621464313 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| Moore County Library | CD HENRY (Text) | 48198030049940 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| Reynolda Manor Branch | HENRY, PATTI 10 CDS (Text) | 2112502335022 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
