When graduate student Aine Cahill uncovers a journal proving that her aunt Bonnie was an intimate companion of Thoreauβs during his supposedly solitary sojourn at Walden Pond, she knows that she has found the perfect subject for her dissertation. She decides to travel to Walden Pond herself to hun
The Seeker A Novel (R. B. Chesterton)
β Scribed by R. B. Chesterton
- Book ID
- 107820156
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 278 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781480447905
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β¦ Synopsis
When graduate student Aine Cahill uncovers a journal proving that her aunt Bonnie was an intimate companion of Thoreauβs during his supposedly solitary sojourn at Walden Pond, she knows that she has found the perfect subject for her dissertation.
She decides to travel to Walden Pond herself to hunker down and work on her writing, but it quickly becomes clear that all is not as it seems in Thoreauβs woodland retreat. The further Aine delves into Bonnieβs diary the more she finds herself wondering about her familyβs sinister legacy and even her own sanityβis there really a young girl lurking in the woods?
As tragedy strikes a nearby town and suspicion falls on Aine, she scrambles to find the truth behind Thoreauβs paradise.
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