This book had a slow start, but by the fourth chapter I was hooked. I could not put it down, and even though I figured where the plot was going, I did not know how it would get there.
Erica and Beth are sisters who must live at the house in Wiltshire, England they have inherited from their grandmother, Meredith, or the property will be sold and all proceeds donated to charity. Though Merideth was not a pleasant or loving grandmother, the sisters spent much time at Storton Manor as children. Until that summer when their cousin Henry disappeared. This event seems to be missing from Erica's memory. And her sister Beth? She has an eating disorder and an ex-husband who wants to take sole custody of their son. We also meet Dinny, the grown-up gypsy boy who was a big part of their lives during those visits.
Interwoven by alternate chapters is the story of Caroline that takes place in 1902 New York and Oklahoma. How her story leads to some answers for Erica and Beth now, keeps the reader impatiently pressing on.
A very good book by a British author I will be watching.
Erica and Beth are sisters who must live at the house in Wiltshire, England they have inherited from their grandmother, Meredith, or the property will be sold and all proceeds donated to charity. Though Merideth was not a pleasant or loving grandmother, the sisters spent much time at Storton Manor as children. Until that summer when their cousin Henry disappeared. This event seems to be missing from Erica's memory. And her sister Beth? She has an eating disorder and an ex-husband who wants to take sole custody of their son. We also meet Dinny, the grown-up gypsy boy who was a big part of their lives during those visits.
Interwoven by alternate chapters is the story of Caroline that takes place in 1902 New York and Oklahoma. How her story leads to some answers for Erica and Beth now, keeps the reader impatiently pressing on.
A very good book by a British author I will be watching.
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