01594cam a2200313 4500 637766370 TxAuBib 20230206120000.0 190815t20192018||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019297636 9780743298087 paperback 074329808X paperback TxAuBib Setterfield, Diane, author. Once upon a river : a novel / Diane Setterfield. First Emily Bestler books/Washington Press paperback edition. New York : Emily Bestler Books/Washington Square Press, 2019. ©2018. 475 pages ; 21 cm. Includes: Reader's guide. Includes bibliographical references (page 464). On a dark midwinter's night in an ancient inn on the river Thames, a wounded stranger carries in the lifeless body of a small child. Hours later the girl stirs, and returns to life. Is it a miracle? Magic? As the days pass the child remains mute and unable to answer questions. Three families are keen to claim her: the wealthy mother of a kidnapped daughter missing for two years; a farming family sure it is their son's secret daughter; a parson's housekeeper, reminded of her younger sister. Each family has secrets, which must be revealed before the girl's identity can be known. 20230206. Secrecy Fiction. Missing persons Fiction. Thames River (England) Fiction. Mystery fiction. TXOLT