The Imagined Life: A Novel Children's Mystery & Wonders Books finding her calling as a

finding her calling as a professional chef at her beloved restaurant tucked inside a 19th century gristmill

But when she realizes the princess might be an ignorant pawn

and one brave little chipmunk

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The Imagined Life: A Novel Children's Mystery & Wonders Books finding her calling as aFrom the award winning, internationally acclaimed writer, a taut, elegiac novel about a man trying to uncover the truth about the father who left him behind Steven Mills has reached a crossroads. His wife and son have left, and they may not return. Which leaves him determined to find out what happened to his own father, a brilliant, charismatic professor who disappeared in 1984 when Steve was twelve, on a wave of ignominy. As Steve drives up the coast