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Bridie Chance grows up in comfort, yet her world shatters when she learns her celebrated father, a notorious criminal, has been dead for three decades. Stripped of home and fortune, Bridie suddenly becomes the caretaker of her mother, younger sister, and an elderly nanny. Alone and under twenty, she must juggle these responsibilities while the city around her shifts from familiar to hostile.
As new friends appear and old enemies reemerge, Bridie struggles to discern who can be trusted. Amid the tension, she discovers she carries a secret she herself does not understand, one that draws both allies and adversaries into her orbit. Facing love and heartbreak, failure and triumph, she must confront a strange and ominous revelation tied to the Capricorn Stone, a night‑marish revelation that forces her to relinquish masks and confront the true nature of her family's past.
First publish date: 1979
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: O'Donnell, Peter
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