The house at Riverton: a novel

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Morton, Kate, 1976-

Morton, Kate

Green Road Community
Morrisville Community
Northeast Regional

Adult Fiction

Fuquay-Varina Community - Adult Fiction
Green Road Community - Adult Fiction
Morrisville Community - Adult Fiction
Northeast Regional - Adult Fiction

Living out her final days in a nursing home, ninety-eight-year-old Grace remembers the secrets surrounding the 1924 suicide of a young poet during a glittering society party hosted by Grace's English aristocrat employers, a family that is shattered by war. 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.--From publisher description. 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--From publisher description.

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Fiction

Fiction

MORTON

Wake County Public Libraries

Fuquay-Varina Community
Green Road Community
Morrisville Community
Northeast Regional

9781416550532

2009

Washington Square Press

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England -- Fiction
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945 -- Fiction
Mystery fiction
Poets -- Crimes against -- Fiction
Reminiscing in old age -- Fiction
Upper class families -- Fiction
Women household employees -- Fiction

The house at Riverton : a novel

The house at Riverton : a novel / Kate Morton

The house at Riverton

a novel

Crimes against
Poets
Reminiscing in old age
Social life and customs
Upper class families
Women household employees