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Wow I loved this book. If you enjoy Historical Fiction with a twist of Mystery, I would say this is a must read. It is has a very Downton Abbey feel with the story taking place in a grand house with the servants downstairs and the family, full of drama, upstairs. This is kind of a dark story so if you are looking for happy, perfect endings you won't find it here.
**For those that are bothered by this-the F-word appears once in this book (clear on page 400 something). There was basically no other ...more
**For those that are bothered by this-the F-word appears once in this book (clear on page 400 something). There was basically no other ...more
Sep 11, 2014
Marie (UK)
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I thought i had read this book before - no I hadn't but i have read several like it. The story line in some ways has been done to the death. It is an easy enough read but not riveting. There were some phrases i particularly liked - the definition of history " true history ... is not flat or linear. It has no outline. It is slippery, like liquid;infinite and unknowable" p340 and when Grace says she allowed her gaze "to tiptoe over the room" otherwise it is a fairly ordinary tale of a past with me
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The novel revolves around the Hartford family of Riverton, mainly 2 sisters, Hannah and Emmeline and their maid, Grace, who is the storyteller. Grace is 99 and remembering the 10 years she worked for the family. A young film-maker, Ursula, is making a film of the tragic suicide of a young poet that occurred in 1924 at Riverton and was witnessed by the 2 sisters. She asks Grace to view the sets for authenticity and to speak to the actress who will play the maid. Of course, there is more to the tr
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Oct 30, 2011
Diana S
marked it as to-read
