Cover of Das Haus auf der Blumeninsel
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Das Haus auf der Blumeninsel

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A young woman flees to her family’s lighthouse house on Madeira and, among old letters, uncovers the story of two sisters who loved the same man between the wars.

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Author
Christiane Lind
Edition year
2013
Publisher
Knaur Taschenbuch
Language
German
ISBN-13
9783426513330
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