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Susan Evans McCloud : A Vow to Keep

Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1989

ISBN 0875791808

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. CD4 - A first edition (First printing February 1989 stated) hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by Susan McCloud to previous owner on the front free endpaper in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some wrinkling, chipping and crease on the edges and corners, some wrinkling and crease on the sides of the flaps (near the spine), scattered light scratches, rubbing and scuffing, light tanning and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, a few scattered light stains and scuffing on the page edges, tanning and light shelf wear. 9.25"x6.25", 245 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. It was a night for dying. A cold wind was wailing, with the cries of lost souls in its voice, brittle rain in its breath. The sky churned with thick, black clouds - the sky trembled with blackness and cast its vast shade upon the land that lay huddled below. The bedroom was cold. Percy thought it was cold, though a fire was burning. He didn't like the smell of it, either. His father was there, sitting hunched, half-swallowed in shadow. He never looked up. There was one candle burning. Percy took it and walked with care to the bedside, and looked on her face, and knew that his mother was dying. She opened her eyes and looked at him. "Don't lose my children," she said. "Out in the cold - my babies - my Rosie -" So begins Susan Evans McCloud's haunting novel A Vow to Keep. Set in Victorian England, it is the story of Percy Graham and his younger brothers and sisters. Orphaned, the Graham children find themselves torn apart as each is adopted and goes to live with a new family. Percy, who is anguished over his family's separation, vows to one day reunited them. Percy finds that his promise is not as easy to keep as he might have imagined. As he comes to understand and love his own adopted family, he also comes to understand their strange new religion: Mormonism. After his conversion, he accompanies the family to America - and to adventures more exciting that he had ever dreamed of. But what about his promise? England is so far away. How can be possibly reunite his family? And what about Emmeline, the woman he loves in America? If he ever did find a way to go to England, would she wait for him to return? What has happened to his brothers and sisters? From secret passageways to false arrests and mistaken identities, this gripping novel is filled with suspense, romance, and intrigue. Percy's struggle to keep his vow will capture your imagination - and your heart.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good

First Edition
Signed by Author

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