House of splinters
Purcell, Laura2025
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Belinda Bainbridge has spent her life in the shadow of her anxious mother, so when her father-in-law dies at The Bridge, his remote ancestral seat, she is secretly thrilled. His death means she, her husband Wilfred and their children can relocate and finally begin to create their own happy home together: born a merchant's daughter, she will now be lady of the manor. But their new home quickly proves far from ideal. The garden is a wilderness, the estate is struggling financially, there are whispers about the mysterious death of a servant many years before while their young son, Freddie, seems unusually fixated on the strange wooden figures, so-called 'silent companions', that were once owned by his ancestors. When Wilfred's charismatic brother, Nathan, arrives unexpectedly from abroad, bringing a very different account of the family's past, Belinda begins to question what her husband has told her.
Main title:
House of splinters / Laura Purcell.
Author:
Purcell, Laura, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Raven Books, 2025.
Collation:
349 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781526627230 (hbk)
Dewey class:
823.92FFICTION
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
4166878