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A stitch in time

by Penelope Lively

While staying in a rented holiday house, a young girl who struggles to distinguish reality from imagination hears mysterious noises and discovers a century-old sampler. Soon, she is drawn into the life of the Victorian child who once lived there.

Accession 33218 ISBN 330254855 Publisher Pan Books
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