Father's Arcane Daughter
Paperback, 118 pages, Simon & Schuster, List Price: $4.99 | purchase
Book Summary
Kidnapped seventeen years before, a man's daughter by a former marriage appears at his new home in Pittsburgh and affects the entire family.
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- Brothers and sisters,
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