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In 1924, a young mother, Hattie Breckenridge, is hanged from a tree in her yard by the town mob, accused of a crime that was actually committed by her daughter. Nearly a century later, a young married couple, Helen and Nate abandon the comforts of suburbia to begin the ultimate, aspirational do-it-yourself project: building the house of their dreams on the same forty-four acres of rural land where Hattie once lived. When they discover that this charming property has a dark and violent past, Helen, a former history teacher, becomes consumed by Hattie's story and the tragic legend of her descendants, three generations of "Breckenridge women," each of whom died amid suspicion, and who seem to still be seeking something elusive and dangerous in the present day.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and bleak.
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- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- Jennifer McMahon
- First published
- 1920
- Pages
- 416
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Limited, Doubleday, Random House Large Print
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781101971864
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“It had started when Hattie was a little girl.”
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