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The Lake of Dreams

The highly anticipated new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Memory Keeper's Daughter

With revelations that prove as captivating as the deceptions at the heart of her bestselling phenomenon The Memory Keeper's Daughter, Kim Edwards now gives us the story of a woman's homecoming, a family secret, and the old house that holds the key to the true legacy of a family.

At a crossroads in her life, Lucy Jarrett returns home from Japan, only to find herself haunted by her father's unresolved death a decade ago. Old longings stirred up by Keegan Fall, a local glass artist who was once her passionate first love, lead her into the unexpected. Late one night, as she paces the hallways of her family's rambling lakeside house, she discovers, locked in a window seat, a collection of objects that first appear to be useless curiosities, but soon reveal a deeper and more complex family past. As Lucy discovers and explores the traces of her lineage --- from an heirloom tapestry and dusty political tracts to a web of allusions depicted in stained-glass windows throughout upstate New York --- the family story she has always known is shattered, Lucy's quest for the truth reconfigures her family's history, links her to a unique slice of the suffragette movement, and yields dramatic insights that embolden her to live freely.

With surprises at every turn, brimming with vibrant detail, The Lake of Dreams is an arresting saga in which every element emerges as a carefully place piece of the puzzle that's sure to enthrall the millions of readers who loved The Memory Keeper's Daughter.

The Lake of Dreams
by Kim Edwards

  • Publication Date: November 29, 2011
  • Genres: Fiction
  • Paperback: 416 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books
  • ISBN-10: 0143120360
  • ISBN-13: 9780143120360