A novel which follows the fortunes of a widow as she returns with her children to her native place, where her new job as a housekeeper leads to many other opportunities for her and her family.
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A novel which follows the fortunes of a widow as she returns with her children to her native place, where her new job as a housekeeper leads to many other opportunities for her and her family.
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This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear.
Cookson is a prolific writer, and this book moved me as it was meant to. The tides between her characters makes her worth spending the time it takes to read and recover from the depth of emotions. The velvet gown is handled as the symbol of all that is yearned for, but the outcome is one of justice in the end. Her characters are believable and some lovely, some not so lovely. One can see why she is a writer of classic novels.
cricket28
Oct 11, 2007
If I could give this book a ten star rating I truly would. It get s you caught up in the story almost with the first sentence and goes from there. Trul;y a beautiful story. And I wonder just where Catherine comes up with so many original and fascinating characters. Would love to meet someone like them in real life. Goodness oozes out of the most of them, but there is always a villian, much like real life.
