I enjoy almost anything Carrie Turansky writes. I got sucked into this book without warning and found it utterly captivating. It is written in dual time with parallel love stories and parallel heart-breaks occurring one hundred years apart.
1912--Charlotte Harper's father has died while speaking and in going through his things, Charlotte finds that he wasn't the father she thought he was and became quite distrustful of men in general. When her mother has to sell the family home to settle her father's debts, Charlotte, her mother, and her little sister, Alice, move to the Keswick district of England. Charlotte's mother is hoping to reconcile with her father at Longdale Manor, but he all but closed the door in her face until he needed her help.
2012--Gwen Morris has made a huge blunder in her grandfather's art and antiques appraisal business. He sends her to Keswick to Longdale Manor to appraise and sort antiques and art that the owner wants to sell. During the time she spends at Longdale, the owner shares with her a journal she found that was written by Charlotte. The more Gwen reads the more she wants to know about Charlotte. At the same time, she wants to find out about her father and meet him, if possible. While hunting for her father, she comes across her grandmother who lives at the farm where Charlotte ended up, and she finds out that Charlotte is in her family tree.
Both Charlotte and Gwen find love in unexpected places and when they both were not looking for it. Both of their stories are so satisfying in the end, in spite of the hardships they go through getting there. This is definitely a five star book, with two thumbs up, and a love story worth telling to your children.
Bethany House Publishers provided the copy I read for this review. All opinions expressed are solely my own.
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