The house at Riverton : a novel
Title
:
The house at Riverton : a novel
Personal Author EPSB
:
Kate, Morton
Summary
:
Grace Bradley went to work at Riverton House as a servant when she was just a girl, before the First World War. For years her life was inextricably tied up with the Hartford family, most particularly the two daughters, Hannah and Emmeline. In the summer of 1924, at a glittering society party held at the house, a young poet shot himself. The only witnesses were Hannah and Emmeline and only they--and Grace--know the truth. In 1999, when Grace is ninety-eight years old and living out her last days in a nursing home, she is visited by a young director who is making a film about the events of that summer. She takes Grace back to Riverton House and reawakens her memories.
Uniform Title
:
Shifting fog
Year Published
:
2009
Physical Description
:
viii, 473 p. ; 21 cm.
Edition
:
1st Washington Square Press trade pbk. ed.
Note
:
"Originally published in Australia in 2006 as The Shifting Fog by Allen & Unwin"--T.p. verso.
Subject
:
Reminiscing in old age -- Fiction.
Women household employees -- Fiction.
Upper class families -- Fiction.
Poets -- Crimes against -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945 -- Fiction.
England -- Fiction.
Genre
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Mystery fiction.
Summary
:
Grace Bradley went to work at Riverton House as a servant when she was just a girl, before the First World War. For years her life was inextricably tied up with the Hartford family, most particularly the two daughters, Hannah and Emmeline. In the summer of 1924, at a glittering society party held at the house, a young poet shot himself. The only witnesses were Hannah and Emmeline and only they--and Grace--know the truth. In 1999, when Grace is ninety-eight years old and living out her last days in a nursing home, she is visited by a young director who is making a film about the events of that summer. She takes Grace back to Riverton House and reawakens her memories.
ISBN
:
9781416550532
Publisher
:
New York : Washington Square Press, 2009.
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| Edmonton Christian High | FIC MOR | Book | 30905000035091 | Fiction |