L'ombre de ton sourire by Mary Higgins Clark

L'ombre de ton sourire by Mary Higgins Clark

Queen of Suspense Mary Higgins Clark brings us another New York Times bestselling novel that she prepares so carefully and executes with such relish (The New York Times Book Review) about the search for identity by the daughter of a man adopted at birth, who may be the inheritor of his large fortune.

At age eighty-two and in failing health, Olivia Morrow knows she has little time left. The last of her line, she faces a momentous choice: expose a long-held family secret, or take it with her to her grave.

Olivia has in her possession letters from her deceased cousin Catherine, a nun, now being considered for beatification by the Catholic Church--the final step before sainthood. In her lifetime, Sister Catherine had founded seven hospitals for disabled children. Now the cure of a four-year-old boy dying of brain cancer is being attributed to her. After his case was pronounced medically hopeless, the boy's desperate mother had organized a prayer crusade to Sister Catherine, leading to his miraculous recovery.

The letters Olivia holds are the evidence that Catherine gave birth at age seventeen to a child, a son, and gave him up for adoption. Olivia knows the identity of the young man who fathered Catherine's child: Alex Gannon, who went on to become a world-famous doctor, scientist, and inventor holding medical patents.

Now, two generations later, thirty-one-year-old pediatrician Dr. Monica Farrell, Catherine's granddaughter, stands as the rightful heir to what remains of the family fortune. But in telling Monica who she really is, Olivia would have to betray Catherine's wishes and reveal the story behind Monica's ancestry.

The only people aware of Olivia's impending choice are those exploiting the Gannon inheritance. To silence Olivia and prevent Monica from learning the secret, some of them will stop at nothing--even murder.

Clark's riveting novel explores the juxtaposition of medical science and religious faith, and the search for identity by the daughter of a man adopted at birth.

Higgins Clark, Mary: - Depuis la publication de son premier best-seller, La nuit du renard, publiü¾Ž–”¼ chez Albin Michel en 1979, Mary Higgins Clark est la reine incontestü¾Ž–”¼e du suspense, vendue en France et dans le monde ü¾Œ†”¼ plusieurs millions d'exemplaires (prü¾Ž†”¼s de 200 000 exemplaires vendus pour chaque nouveau roman).

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ISBN 13	9782253157267
ISBN 10	2253157260
Titre	L'ombre de ton sourire
Auteur	Mary Higgins Clark
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Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	Le Livre de poche
Année de publication	2012-01-04
Nombre de pages	403
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