02126cam a2200301 4500 1695674002 TxAuBib 20241104120000.0 ||||||s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781004128020 1004128029 52183440-1d4f-4608-a497-b10f94af5771 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9935288 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Hughes, Siân. Pearl [Libby Audiobook]. Clipper Audiobooks, 2023. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 184MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 184MB. HTML:Marianne is eight years old when her mother goes missing. Left behind with her baby brother and grieving father in a ramshackle house on the edge of a small village, she clings to the fragmented memories of her mother's love; the smell of fresh herbs, the games they played, and the songs and stories of her childhood.<br /> As time passes, Marianne struggles to adjust, fixated on her mother's disappearance and the secrets she's sure her father is keeping from her. Discovering a medieval poem called Pearl and trusting in its promise of consolation, Marianne sets out to make a visual illustration of it, a task that she returns to over and over but somehow never manages to complete.<br /> Tormented by an unmarked gravestone in an abandoned chapel and the tidal pull of the river, her childhood home begins to crumble as the past leads her down a path of self-destruction. But can art heal Marianne? And will her own future as a mother help her find peace? Literature. Fiction. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-11-03 20:00:03. Brydon, Laura. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=52183440-1d4f-4608-a497-b10f94af5771&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=52183440-1d4f-4608-a497-b10f94af5771&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) TXGID