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Scattered Pages
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Scattered Pages

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Amid the turmoil of the Great War, this historical novel explores a young womans struggle to discover the truth surrounding her childhood abandonment.

Even after twelve years, Gemma Enman can still remember her amazement and pride at being singled out from among her siblings by her father to travel with him by train from Prince Edward Island all the way to Brookfield, New Hampshire. But seven year old Gemma had no way of knowing how long and tedious a trip it would be or that her father planned to return to their island home without her.

Though she has enjoyed a loving home with her grandparents, she remains deeply wounded by her childhood abandonment and haunted by the fear that a shameful secret surrounded the circumstances of her birth. Now a young woman, Gemma has met and fallen in love with Lionel Maines, a man of honor, integrity, and prospects.

As Gemma and Lionel plan for their future together, Gemma continues to be haunted by her past. She knows that before she can fulfill her pledge to Lionel, she must keep a promise she made to herself.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherAbbott Press
Release dateFeb 4, 2013
ISBN9781458207555
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Justine O’Keefe

Justine O’Keefe is a retired teacher and contributor to books and publications for educators. Scattered Pages, inspired by the stories she heard growing up with her parents and grandparents in a New Hampshire mill town, is her first novel. O’Keefe and her husband are long-time residents of Vermont.

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