The House at Riverton
Registered by BookAmbler of Isle of Lewis, Scotland United Kingdom on 1/23/2008
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3 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by BookAmbler from Isle of Lewis, Scotland United Kingdom on Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Kindly donated by staff at the Farm Shop, thank you :o)
Coincidentally it was a recent reading group book for me. The first one with unanimous agreement!
From the back cover;
I enjoyed reading this book. It was fairly slow paced, and perhaps overlong in the second half, but I appreciated the depiction of ‘upstairs’ and ‘downstairs’ life, post-war and into the changing Twenties.
The twist at the end was good (though I should have guessed what was going to happen!) and the story lingered with me for a while after finishing the book.
If you enjoyed this book you might also like to try Going Gently by David Nobbs. It’s another murder mystery (lighter hearted overall) with a nonagenarian turned detective!
Coincidentally it was a recent reading group book for me. The first one with unanimous agreement!
From the back cover;
A STORY OF LOVE, MYSTERY AND A SECRET HISTORY REVEALED 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. Winter 1999 Grace Bradley, ninety-eight, one-time housemaid at Riveton Manor, is visited by a young director making a film about the poet’s suicide. Ghosts awaken and old memories – long consigned to the dark reaches of Grace’s mind – begin to sneak back through the cracks. A shocking secret threatens to emerge, something history has forgotten but Grace never could. Set as the war-shattered Edwardian summer surrenders to the decadent twenties, The House at Riverton is a thrilling mystery and a compelling love story. |
I enjoyed reading this book. It was fairly slow paced, and perhaps overlong in the second half, but I appreciated the depiction of ‘upstairs’ and ‘downstairs’ life, post-war and into the changing Twenties.
The twist at the end was good (though I should have guessed what was going to happen!) and the story lingered with me for a while after finishing the book.
If you enjoyed this book you might also like to try Going Gently by David Nobbs. It’s another murder mystery (lighter hearted overall) with a nonagenarian turned detective!
Journal Entry 2 by BookAmbler at The Purple Dog, Eld Lane in Colchester, Essex United Kingdom on Friday, February 1, 2008
Released 16 yrs ago (2/1/2008 UTC) at The Purple Dog, Eld Lane in Colchester, Essex United Kingdom
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Pretty good for evocative writing. I'm not going to frequent her books though......I found myself dusting halfway through! My books are now nice and sparkly. It took a while to get into and people that knwo me know I don't do "slow" very well.
Summary, sets the scene very well but not a lot happens in it.
Summary, sets the scene very well but not a lot happens in it.
To be read
Journal Entry 5 by karen07814 at New Lanark Visitor Centre in Lanark, Scotland United Kingdom on Saturday, April 26, 2008
Released 15 yrs ago (4/20/2008 UTC) at New Lanark Visitor Centre in Lanark, Scotland United Kingdom
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