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Do you have a name for her she askedHe shook his head Youve decided its a girlShe looked at the skull and thought of it washing backwards and forwards in the dirty water of the Thames until coming to rest in sight of tip of the Isle of Dogs under the gaze of the grandiose buildings of GreenwichWell call her Flotsam she said Home truths are always the hardestBeatrice Palmenter is 36 a successful filmmaker And discontent She is about to make two journeys one back a thousand years to the world of the Anglo Saxons the other to wartime FranceIt begins when she holds a small skull in the palm of her hand on the bleak foreshore of the River Thames It continues as she travels to Paris and Marseille on the trail of the world famous restaurateur Joseph Troumeg Along the way she meets three extraordinary women and archaeologist Harry Wesley And discovers some home truths about herselfA Girl Called Flotsam is a captivating love story and a compelling mystery about the elusiveness of history and the messages true and false it leaves behindFor fans of William Boyd Joanne Harris and Sebastian Faulks
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