Author

Publication

2016 - Other Press, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

65,250 words, Guess

Page Count

261 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101590517806
  • ISBN-139781590517802
  • Library of Congress Control Number2015039129
  • OCLC Control Number961039950
  • OCLC Control Number913844811
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9781590517802
  • Open LibraryOL27206639M

Classifications

  • DDC823/.914
  • LCCPR6066.R43 D54 2016
  • LCCPR6066.R43D54 2016

Description

"A succinct and witty literary venture that tells the strange story of a priceless treasure discovered in East Anglia on the eve of World War II. In the long, hot summer of 1939, Britain is preparing for war, but on a riverside farm in Suffolk there is excitement of another kind. Mrs. Pretty, the widowed owner of the farm, has had her hunch confirmed that the mounds on her land hold buried treasure. As the dig proceeds, it becomes clear that this is no ordinary find. This fictional recreation of the famed Sutton Hoo dig follows three months of intense activity when locals fought outsiders, professionals thwarted amateurs, and love and rivalry flourished in equal measure. As the war looms ever closer, engraved gold peeks through the soil, and each character searches for answers in the buried treasure. Their threads of love, loss, and aspiration weave a common awareness of the past as something that can never truly be left behind"--

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The digOther Press2016

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