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The Crying Child

by Barbara Michaels · 1971

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From the moment she arrived on King's Island, Joanne McMullen knew that her sister's grief over losing her child had driven her dangerously close to madness. But when Joanne heard the same child's voice that her sister had heard wailing in the woods, she knew something terrible was happening!

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Audience
adult
Length
medium · 311 pages

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