Our Mother's House
"Mother died at 8:58"

So begins this story of seven extraordinary children who, faced with the unknown terrors of an orphanage, decide not to report their mother's death. They bury her in the garden, telling people only that she's too sick to have visitors.

Then a menacing stranger appears, claiming to be their father. He agrees to keep their secret-and from that moment the story moves relentlessly to its mesmerizing climax.

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Our Mother's House
"Mother died at 8:58"

So begins this story of seven extraordinary children who, faced with the unknown terrors of an orphanage, decide not to report their mother's death. They bury her in the garden, telling people only that she's too sick to have visitors.

Then a menacing stranger appears, claiming to be their father. He agrees to keep their secret-and from that moment the story moves relentlessly to its mesmerizing climax.

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Our Mother's House

Our Mother's House

by Julian Gloag
Our Mother's House

Our Mother's House

by Julian Gloag

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Overview

"Mother died at 8:58"

So begins this story of seven extraordinary children who, faced with the unknown terrors of an orphanage, decide not to report their mother's death. They bury her in the garden, telling people only that she's too sick to have visitors.

Then a menacing stranger appears, claiming to be their father. He agrees to keep their secret-and from that moment the story moves relentlessly to its mesmerizing climax.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781448208500
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Publication date: 08/29/2013
Pages: 382
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Julian Gloag was born and brought up largely in London. After graduating from Cambridge University, he spent several years in New York publishing. Following the publication of Our Mother's House in 1963, he began to devote his full time to writing leading with the critically acclaimed A Sentence of Life (1966).
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