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Death in Summer
Death in Summer is a novel written by William Trevor, first published in 1998 by Viking Press.
Plot summary.
"Death in Summer" revolves around Thaddeus Davenant, whose young wife, Letitia Iveson, was killed in a freak accident on a bicycle. Letitia leaves behind their six-month-old baby girl Georgina; her mother, Mrs Iveson, advises Thaddeus to employ a child minder. One of those interviewed is Pettie, a girl who was brought up in a foster home abused
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- State of Texas Certificate of Death, Registrar File Number 03-632, date of death 30 Sep 1994.