The Memory Box

Author: Margaret Forster

A young woman leaves a sealed memory box for her baby daughter before she dies. Years later, as a young woman herself, Catherine finds her mother’s box full of unexplained, even weird objects. Finding out what the objects represent is her only chance to find out about the mother she never knew…….Read More

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