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    "annotation": "<p><em>The truth lies between the lines...</em><br /><span>A year ago, Dovie Larkin&rsquo;s life was shattered when her fianc&eacute; committed suicide just weeks before their wedding. Now, plagued by guilt, she has become a fixture at the cemetery where William is buried, visiting his grave daily, waiting for answers she knows will never come.</span><br /><span>Then one day, she sees an old woman whose grief mirrors her own. Fascinated, she watches the woman leave a letter on a nearby grave. Dovie ignores her conscience and reads the letter&mdash;a mother&rsquo;s plea for forgiveness to her dead daughter&mdash;and immediately needs to know the rest of the story.</span><br /><span>As she delves deeper, a collection of letters from the cemetery&rsquo;s lost and found&nbsp;begins to unravel a decades-old mystery involving one of Charleston&rsquo;s wealthiest families. But even as Dovie seeks to answer questions about another woman&rsquo;s past&mdash;questions filled with deception, betrayal, and heartbreaking loss&mdash;she starts to discover the keys to love, forgiveness, and finally embracing the future&hellip;</span></p>",
    "description": "<p><em>The truth lies between the lines...<br /></em><br /><span>A year ago, Dovie Larkin&rsquo;s life was shattered when her fianc&eacute; committed suicide just weeks before their wedding. Now, plagued by guilt, she has become a fixture at the cemetery where William is buried, visiting his grave daily, waiting for answers she knows will never come.</span><br /><span>Then one day, she sees an old woman whose grief mirrors her own. Fascinated, she watches the woman leave a letter on a nearby grave. Dovie ignores her conscience and reads the letter&mdash;a mother&rsquo;s plea for forgiveness to her dead daughter&mdash;and immediately needs to know the rest of the story.<br /></span><br /><span>As she delves deeper, a collection of letters from the cemetery&rsquo;s lost and found&nbsp;begins to unravel a decades-old mystery involving one of Charleston&rsquo;s wealthiest families. But even as Dovie seeks to answer questions about another woman&rsquo;s past&mdash;questions filled with deception, betrayal, and heartbreaking loss&mdash;she starts to discover the keys to love, forgiveness, and finally embracing the future&hellip;</span></p>",
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