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Book Review of The Glass Lake

The Glass Lake
The Glass Lake
Author: Maeve Binchy
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Night after night the beautiful woman walked beside the serene waters of Lough Glass. Until the day she disappeared, leaving only a boat drifting upside down on the unfathomable lake that gave the town its name. Ravishing helen McMahon, the Dubliner with film star looks and unfullfilled dreams, never belonged in Lough Glasss, not the way her pharmachist-husband Marin belonged, or their spirited daughter Kit. Suddenly, she is gone and Kit is haunted by the memory of her mother, seen through a window, alone in the kitchen table, tears streaming down her face. Now Kit, too, has secret: of the night she discovered a letter on Martin's pillow and burned it, unopened. The night her mother was lost. The night everything changed forever...