An Angel in the Attic (Hardcover)

An infant girl is found on the steps of a U.S. Embassy during a civil war and spirited back to the United States. The family who adopts her covers up the truth, pretending that the baby is their own. The fey child grows up with unusual proclivities and abilities, but her adoptive family takes the girl's intuitions and premonitions in its stride. Haunted by dreams and images from another time, the girl eventually realizes that something is definitely not right. There are just too many synchronicities; too many unanswered questions. Ultimately, the truth of her adoption comes out. Helene, now a young woman, armed with her unlikely clues, small tokens saved by her grandmother from the time she was found, begins the hunt for her beginnings. With her boyfriend's support and encouragement, she begins the treasure-hunt. Helene and Eric travel to Europe where she is convinced the answers lie. Her quest takes her to a small southern town where she meets a woman who may hold the key to her mother's whereabouts - if she's alive.