- Poets, Death, Country homes, Women household employees
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.
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Grave, earnest, nostalgic and intimate.
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- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Kate Morton
- First published
- 2007
- Pages
- 192
- Publisher
- Pan, Center Point Pub., Windsor
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781602852044
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