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Title The attic child [electronic resource] : a novel / Lola Jaye.
Author Jaye, Lola, author.
Publication Info. New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022]
©2022
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Note "Published in the UK in 2022 by Macmillan"--Title page verso.
Electronic book.
Summary "A riveting dual narrative of love, loss, and identity, centering on two children separated by decades, who, bound by a secret, find themselves locked away in the same attic years apart. Early 1900s: Taken from his homeland, twelve-year-old Celestine spends most of the time locked away in the attic of a large house by the sea. The only time Celestine isn't bound by confines of the small space is when he is acting as an unpaid servant to English explorer Sir Richard Babbington, As the years pass, he desperately clings on to memories of his family in Africa, even as he struggles to remember his mother's face, and sometimes his real name... 1974: Lowra, a young orphan girl born into wealth and privilege, finds herself trapped in the same attic. Searching for a ray of light in the darkness of the attic, Lowra finds a message carved on the wall, written in an unidentifiable language, and under the floorboards and old-fashioned pen, a porcelain doll, and a beaded necklace. Providing comfort for her when all hope is lost, these clues will lead her to uncover the secrets of the attic"--Dust jacket flap.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. New York HarperCollins 2022 Available via World Wide Web.
Subject Family secrets -- Fiction.
Slavery -- Fiction.
Attics -- Fiction.
Enslaved children -- Fiction.
Orphans -- Fiction.
Imprisonment -- Fiction.
London (England) -- Fiction.
Nigeria -- History -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- History -- Fiction.
Genre Historical fiction.
Novels.
Subject FICTION / African American & Black / Historical.
FICTION / Multiple Timelines.
FICTION / Historical.
Africans. (OCoLC)fst00799938
Attics. (OCoLC)fst00820856
Child slaves. (OCoLC)fst00854675
Family secrets. (OCoLC)fst01737651
Imprisonment. (OCoLC)fst00968277
Orphans. (OCoLC)fst01048433
Slavery. (OCoLC)fst01120426
England -- London. (OCoLC)fst01204271
Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
Nigeria. (OCoLC)fst01205229
Genre Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Historical fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726640
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Novels. (OCoLC)fst01921742
Subject Slavery -- Fiction.
Attics -- Fiction.
Slaves -- Fiction.
Orphans -- Fiction.
Prisons -- Fiction.
Africans -- Fiction.
London (England) -- Fiction.
Nigeria -- History -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- History -- Fiction.
Genre Electronic books.
eBook.
Added Author OverDrive, Inc., distributor.
ISBN 9780063260405 ODE (electronic bk.)