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The umbrella lady: a novel / V.C. Andrews.

Summary:

"Left on the train platform of some strange village, eight-year-old Saffron Faith Anders is certain her father will return shortly, just like he promised. She holds out hope as the hour grows late and the station sets to close. She clings to her suitcase like a life raft. When a peculiar old woman carrying a large umbrella approaches and inquires about her situation, Saffron doesn't immediately trust the imposing do-gooder, but eventually does agree to rest at her house while they wait for her father together. Saffron's stay was supposed to be for a few minutes, hours at most. But confined to a house not unlike one Hansel and Gretel might have encountered, Saffron will undergo months-and then years-of transformation at the hands of the Umbrella Lady. One minute grandmotherly and the next a scolding schoolmarm, the woman cuts Saffron's hair to the nub, burns the clothes in her suitcase, and pretends that the photo of a young girl hanging on her bedroom wall is just a stock image that came with the frame. When mysterious letters arrive from Saffron's father, saying he has started a new family and will send for her shortly, hope returns to her heart. Still, as is the fate of all young protagonists in the world of V.C. Andrews, Saffron will learn that those who most claim to care for you will often hurt you the worst..."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781982114480
  • ISBN: 1982114487
  • ISBN: 9781982114473
  • ISBN: 1982114479
  • Physical Description: 273 pages, 17 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First Gallery Book edition
  • Publisher: New York : Gallery Books, 2021.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes excerpt from Out of the rain by V.C. Andrews.
Subject:
Abandoned children > Fiction.
Young women > Fiction.
Fatherless families > Fiction.
Genre:
Domestic fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Novels.

Available copies

  • 39 of 42 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 2 of 3 copies available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)

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Jacksonville Main Library FIC ANDREWS (Text) 36015001831565 Adult Fiction Available -
Sneads Ferry Branch Library FIC ANDREWS (Text) 36015001831573 Adult Fiction Checked out 08/10/2026
Swansboro Branch Library FIC ANDREWS (Text) 36015001831581 Adult Fiction Available -
Angier Public Library PBK F And (Text) 33632002719475 Adult Fiction Available -
Beaufort Main F ANDRE (Text) 34208900033399 Adult Fiction Available -
Bethlehem Branch F Andrews (Text) 34269001343004 Adult Fiction Available -
Braswell Memorial Main Library FIC Andrews (Text) 37807000028028 Adult Fiction Available -
Coats Public Library F And (Text) 33633002140191 Adult Fiction Available -
Columbus Library F AND (Text) 31250200079819 Adult Fiction Available -
Cumberland Headquarters F ANDREWS (Text) 31781067002772 Adult Fiction Checked out 08/17/2026

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