The Promise
of Ann Weisgarber (Goodreads Author)
Description
From the author of The Personal History of Rachel Dupree, shortlisted for the Orange Award for New Writers and longlisted for the Orange Prize.1900. Young pianist Catherine Wainwright flees the fashionable town of Dayton, Ohio in the wake of a terrible scandal. Heartbroken and facing destitution, she finds herself striking up correspondence with a childhood admirer, the recently widowed Oscar Williams. In desperation she agrees to marry him, but when Catherine travels to Oscar's farm on Galveston Island, Texasâa thousand miles from homeâshe finds she is little prepared for the life that awaits her. The island is remote, the weather sweltering, and Oscar's little boy Andre is grieving hard for his lost mother. And though Oscar tries to please his new wife, the secrets of the past sit uncomfortably between them. Meanwhile for Nan Ogden, Oscarâs housekeeper, Catherineâs sudden arrival has come as a great shock. For not only did she promise Oscarâs first wife that she would be the one to take care of little Andre, but she has feelings for Oscar which she is struggling to suppress. And when the worst storm in a generation descends, the women will find themselves tested as never before.
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Book Details
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 320 pages
- Publisher Skyhorse
- Publication Date April 1st 2014
- First Publication 03/14/13
- Language Not informed
- ISBN 9781629142364
- Edition Not informed
- Category Other
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