A World of Love"In A World of Love, an uneasy group of relations are living under one roof at Montefort, a decaying manor in the Irish countryside. When twenty-year-old Jane finds in the attic a packet of love letters written years ago by Guy, her mother's one-time fiance who died in World War I, the discovery has explosive repercussions. It is not clear to whom the letters are addressed, and their appearance begins to lay bare the strange and unspoken connections between the adults now living in the house. Soon, a girl on the brink of womanhood, a mother haunted by love lost, and a ruined matchmaker with her own claim on the dead wage a battle that makes the ghostly Guy as real a presence in Montefort as any of the living."--BOOK JACKET. |
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... Miss Antonia's tea - tray , now she's awake ? ” Kathie willingly scrubbed her hands on her apron and made a dart for the cupboard of better china . Searching about for unchipped pieces , she volunteered : “ I'm half sure I saw Miss Jane ...
... Miss Antonia's tea - tray , now she's awake ? ” Kathie willingly scrubbed her hands on her apron and made a dart for the cupboard of better china . Searching about for unchipped pieces , she volunteered : “ I'm half sure I saw Miss Jane ...
Page 198
... Miss Antonia's unwillingness to account for what she was doing was most interesting ; for never had she been known to so much as look into a pot or shift a kettle . The girl answered simply by making a bee line for the spring - water ...
... Miss Antonia's unwillingness to account for what she was doing was most interesting ; for never had she been known to so much as look into a pot or shift a kettle . The girl answered simply by making a bee line for the spring - water ...
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... miss , " said Kathie in her most safe - side manner . " Unless I heard he was dead , poor man ? " " You might have . His photograph's in the hall . " " You took that one , miss ? ” " Oh dear no , alas . " " Then he should be one of the ...
... miss , " said Kathie in her most safe - side manner . " Unless I heard he was dead , poor man ? " " You might have . His photograph's in the hall . " " You took that one , miss ? ” " Oh dear no , alas . " " Then he should be one of the ...
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