Last House coming_of_age Summerly is boarded up and

Summerly is boarded up and Emilia has rebuilt her shattered life as a professor at Wellesley College

while Madeleine begins to question what her beloved father might actually know about that long-ago night

" When a Christian Count implores her to attend his dying wife and save their unborn son

she recognizes the signet ring still attached to a finger

super-strong bears attack the citizens of Major City

Last House coming_of_age Summerly is boarded up andA richly detailed, slow burning family saga distinguished by incisive psychological insight and masterful research. . . Shattuck is such a good writer, giving us swaths of cultural and historical background as gracefully and intelligently as she parses the emotional depths of her characters. Every note in the novel rings clear and true. Kate Christensen, New York Times Book Review From the New York Times bestselling author of The Women in the Castle