In February 2002, a bottle shaped like a tear was washed up on the beach at Warden Bay, Isle of Sheppey, Kent. It contained a letter written in French, a lock of hair, and a mystery. Only one thing could be known for certain – that the writer of the letter was a mother, grieving for her lost child, Maurice. Moved by the woman''s heartache, Karen Liebreich, the author of The letter in the bottle , sets out on a journey to piece together the mother''s story. Liebreich has a doctorate in history, but with this bottle she becomes like a stubborn and determined detective, investigating absolutely every possibility in her effort to solve the mystery. Towards the end of the book one wonders whether she will find the woman or not, but then one realises that what is important is not the finding but her quest. The book is a compelling true story of one woman''s search for another and a reflection on
love,
loss and
motherhood.
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