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Once in Every Life
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Ideal for readers who enjoy historical romance filled with emotional depth, strong female protagonists, and post-war family drama.
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See moreMoments after her death, contemporary deaf woman Tess Gregory is reincarnated into the body of Amarylis Rafferty, a hearing woman living in post-Civil War America. Reissue.
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Tess Gregory's brilliant career as a research scientist hides her longings for husband and child. Though deaf, she is a free spirit—a woman full of life and love. She is struck down all too soon.
But for Tess, a new life begins at her death, in post-Civil War America. She is now Amarylis Rafferty, wife and mother of three—and she can hear. Shocked and disoriented by her new surroundings, she is drawn into the savage heartache burdening the family, especially her husband, Jack, a man who fears himself capable of anything.
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ISBN: 9780449148389
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 23 December 1992
Country: United States
Imprint: Fawcett
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 22.0mm
Width: 104.0mm
Height: 174.0mm
Weight: 193g
Pages: 416
About the Author
Kristin Hannah is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many acclaimed novels, including The Women, The Great Alone, The Nightingale, and Magic Hour. She and her husband live in the Pacific Northwest.
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