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The Missing WorldMargot Livesey
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The Missing World

336 pagesFirst published 19996 editions · 2 languages
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Margot Livesey's early novel Criminals is the story of adult brother and sister Ewan and Mollie and their decision to rescue an abandoned child. But is the child being rescued by these two, or abducted? Where is the line between moral and criminal behavior? Livesey paints a thrilling and devastating portrait of two people blinded by need and the desire for betterment.

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
PaperbackPicador20063369780312424701
Edition · gerFischer Taschenbuch Verlag20033499783596156436
EditionPenguin (Non-Classics)20013369780140298550
EditionKnopf20003259780375405815
EditionSecker & Warburg20003259780436276132
PaperbackRandom House (UK)—3369780099284352
ActressesMan-woman relationshipsAmericansAmnesiaMemoryFictionFiction, generalNew York Times reviewed