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The white house, facing the wrong way, stands high on a hill. For 150 years it has been lived in by an array of characters. Two old sisters who learned to read in exchange for teaching sewing, a little girl who explored a magical path, a young man who went to the First World War and a hard bitten submariner who came back from the second, a young engineer who went to America for two years and stayed there for over forty, but for whom this house was always home.
Beth begins the story in the present day, and then time slides into the early years of the house in the mid-nineteenth century. Family by family they come alive, each facing the challenges of their time.
Beth's life has been very different. What does she have in common with the people who lived here before her? Much more than you might expect.
Watching and protecting those who love it is the house; always white, sometimes with a grey trim, sometimes blue. It listens, and occasionally it nudges characters into action. Its garden stretches towards the river; a world of potatoes and roses, as varied as the people who cultivated it.
The story goes beyond the house into the community, and the national and international events which touch the lives of those who have lived there.
And then there is the marmalade, from an old recipe handed down one generation to the next. Its smells and its colours belong to Spain, but lives, surrounded by books, in a cellar where a silver jeweller works her craft.
This book begins in the present, goes back into the past, and in returning to the starting point looks at the opportunities and the challenges, the hopes and the fears of different generations. The old walls listened to their stories and shared their dreams.
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Randomly stumbled upon this book and I am shocked that I haven’t heard about it before. It’s hands down the best story I’ve read in years. People need to read this book. It needs to be turned into a book. This story is just plain awsome. M
This soulful book of personal poetry brought me into the past and into the present---and into my heart.
Read the first book and this 2nd one did not disappoint! Loved every chapter. More please!
Like it was written by George Santos
Received an Advanced Reader Copy from a friend. I am an avid true crime reader and upon completion I question if the author is credible. The timeline does not add up for his age and the times of his alleged involvement in organized crime. Some of the things in the book he is alleged to have said and done I remember almost word for word from movies I had previously watched. He literally stole a scene from the movie the accountant with Ben Affleck and said that he did it. I did a little research after completing the book and learned that this author was also claiming in 2010 that he was a long time member of the Bloods Gang. That coupled with the above leads me to believe that it is nothing more than fantasy. Do not waste your time or money
Like it was written by George Santos
Received an Advanced Reader Copy from a friend. I am an avid true crime reader and upon completion I question if the author is credible. The timeline does not add up for his age and the times of his alleged involvement in organized crime. Some of the things in the book he is alleged to have said and done I remember almost word for word from movies I had previously watched. He literally stole a scene from the movie the accountant with Ben Affleck and said that he did it. I did a little research after completing the book and learned that this author was also claiming in 2010 that he was a long time member of the Bloods Gang. That coupled with the above leads me to believe that it is nothing more than fantasy. Do not waste your time or money