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Five Days Gone: The Mystery of My Mother's Disappearance as a Child

Laura Cumming
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Five Days Gone: The Mystery of My Mother's Disappearance as a Child

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

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Laura Cumming

Five Days Gone: The Mystery of My Mother's Disappearance as a Child

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019
Book Details
Pages

320

Format

Autobiography / Memoir • Nonfiction

Setting

Lincolnshire, England • 1920s

Publication Year

2019

Audience

Adult

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In Five Days Gone: The Mystery of My Mother's Disappearance as a Child by Laura Cumming, the author investigates her mother Grace's brief disappearance as a child in 1929 and the impact it had on the family. Through first-hand accounts, historical documents, and photographs, Cumming unravels long-held family secrets, including the truth about her mother's adoption and biological parentage.

Book Details
Pages

320

Format

Autobiography / Memoir • Nonfiction

Setting

Lincolnshire, England • 1920s

Publication Year

2019

Audience

Adult

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