This week I read:
Here is the description from Goodreads:
Summer 1924
On the eve of a glittering society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again.
Winter 1999
Grace Bradley, ninety-eight, one-time housemaid of Riverton Manor, is visited by a young director making a film about the poet's suicide. Ghosts awaken and old memories - long consigned to the dark reaches of Grace's mind - begin to sneak back through the cracks. A shocking secret threatens to emerge, something history has forgotten but Grace never could.
Set as the war-shattered Edwardian summer surrenders to the decadent twenties, The House at Riverton is a thrilling mystery and a compelling love story.
What I thought:
I love Kate Morton. I completely loved The Forgotten Garden and The Distant Hours. The only thing that I don't like about her books is that they are pretty long. Over 400 pages long. I tend to feel like I am reading forever.
With that said, I always feel like it is worth it. I loved the characters of Hannah, Grace, and Emmeline. The parts of the book that take place in the 1920's are my favorite and I can't help but picture Emmeline as being exactly like Daisy from The Great Gatsby.
I completely recommend this book.
Today I am linking up with Blonde, Undercover Blonde for Book Club Friday.
Summer 1924
On the eve of a glittering society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again.
Winter 1999
Grace Bradley, ninety-eight, one-time housemaid of Riverton Manor, is visited by a young director making a film about the poet's suicide. Ghosts awaken and old memories - long consigned to the dark reaches of Grace's mind - begin to sneak back through the cracks. A shocking secret threatens to emerge, something history has forgotten but Grace never could.
Set as the war-shattered Edwardian summer surrenders to the decadent twenties, The House at Riverton is a thrilling mystery and a compelling love story.
What I thought:
I love Kate Morton. I completely loved The Forgotten Garden and The Distant Hours. The only thing that I don't like about her books is that they are pretty long. Over 400 pages long. I tend to feel like I am reading forever.
With that said, I always feel like it is worth it. I loved the characters of Hannah, Grace, and Emmeline. The parts of the book that take place in the 1920's are my favorite and I can't help but picture Emmeline as being exactly like Daisy from The Great Gatsby.
I completely recommend this book.
Today I am linking up with Blonde, Undercover Blonde for Book Club Friday.
