Lavender Morning
Publisher:
Atria Books
Publication Date:
01 April, 2009
ISBN:
9780743437202
Pages:
384
Subjects:
Romance
Available as:
Trade Cloth, 978-1-4165-9175-7
Trade Cloth, 978-0-7434-3720-2
E-Book - netLibrary, 978-1-4416-1515-2
Description:
Jocelyn Minton is a woman torn between two worlds. Her mother grew up attending private schools and afternoon teas, but she married the local handyman. After her mother died when Joce was only five years old, her father remarried into his own class, and Joce became an outsider -- until she met Edilean Harcourt. Although she was sixty years Joce's senior, Miss Edi was a kindred soul who understood her like no one else ever had. When Miss Edi passes away, she leaves Joce all her worldly possessions, including an eighteenth-century house and a letter with clues to a mystery that began in 1941. In the letter, Miss Edi also mentions that she has found the perfect man for Joce -- a handsome young lawyer. Joce is shocked to learn that the mystery, the house, and the future love of her life are all in Edilean, a small town in Virginia that Miss Edi never told her about. Hurt that the woman who meant so much to her kept so many secrets, Jocelyn moves to this tight-knit village in an attempt to understand the legacy that has been left to her. As she begins to dig into Miss Edi's mystery, she soon discovers some shocking surprises about her family's history and her own future -- and she meets a man with his own mysterious past.
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Review Source:
Publishers Weekly
Review Date:
2009-05-25
Copyright:
(c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
When her dearest friend, Miss Edy, dies, Jocelyn Minton inherits a house in a small Virginia town. Although she didn't know her friend owned the house or had ties to the town, she settles into the big old house and finds herself intrigued by local history and tantalized by secrets from Edy's past. The abridgment keeps the story intact, but doesn't allow for enough of a listener's emotional investment to do the book justice. However, Gabra Zackman's calm delivery feels exactly right for the gentle romance and mild mystery. Her character voices are distinct, without exaggeration or broad drama, and make for easy and pleasant listening. An Atria hardcover. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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