The Attic Child
Books | Fiction / African American & Black / Historical
4.3
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Lola Jaye
A hauntingly powerful and emotionally charged novel about family secrets, love and loss, identity and belonging.Two children trapped in the same attic, almost a century apart, bound by a shared secret.Early 1900s London: 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 whose fortunes have now changed, finds herself trapped in the same attic. Searching for a ray of light in the darkness of the attic, Lowra finds under the floorboards an old-fashioned pen, a porcelain doll, a beaded necklace, and a message carved on the wall, written in an unidentifiable language. Providing comfort for her when all hope is lost, these clues will lead her to uncover the secrets of the attic.
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Author
Lola Jaye
Pages
480
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published Date
2022-09-06
ISBN
0063260409 9780063260405
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"I am not an historian but if you can make it through some family research there are some true golden nuggets in this book "
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Rebecca
"Good read. Finished in one night!"
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Chloe Cox
"It’s so hard to describe how I feel about this book. Just take my word for it, it’s amazing. <br/><br/>Also, who edited it??? A noticeable amount of typos throughout. Not a ton but enough that I ran into a few every time I picked it up. Doesn’t take away from the story but definitely was distracting."