In After the Shadows
by Amanda Cabot we find Emily Leland returning home to the
solace of her family after being away for a year. -- A favorite quote: "
...nothing appeared to have changed, but Emily Leland knew otherwise.
Everything had changed, Or perhaps, she had changed."
-- And yes, she
found things to be very different.
Her husband, now deceased, had kept her mother's illness and death from her,
Her husband, now deceased, had kept her mother's illness and death from her,
one sister was traveling
abroad...
and her father seemingly committed suicide the day she
arrived.
Emily knows that her only hope of keeping the large family home
is to open it for boarders...never suspecting that she might truly find
love.
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I so enjoyed that, while set in the 1880s, the author embraced
the social issues that are still prevalent today: suicide, spouse abuse,
acceptance of others, even those who are different from us...
Of course there is a happy ending for our main character,
Of course there is a happy ending for our main character,
but there is some heart ache along the way...
Which makes for an intriguing story!
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