The house at Riverton : a novel

Morton, Kate 1976- (Author). Morton, Kate 1976- Shifting fog. (Added Author).

Summary: Grace Bradley went to work at Riverton House as a servant when she was just a girl, before the First World War. For years her life was inextricably tied up with the Hartford family, most particularly the two daughters, Hannah and Emmeline. In the summer of 1924, at a glittering society party held at the house, a young poet shot himself. The only witnesses were Hannah and Emmeline and only they--and Grace--know the truth. In 1999, when Grace is ninety-eight years old and living out her last days in a nursing home, she is visited by a young director who is making a film about the events of that summer. She takes Grace back to Riverton House and reawakens her memories.

Record details

ISBN: 9781416550532 (pbk.)
Physical Description: viii, 473 pages ; 21 cm
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Edition: First Washington Square Press trade paperback edition.
Publisher: New York : Washington Square Press, 2009.
Copyright: ©2006.
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Content descriptions

General Note:

"Originally published in Australia in 2006 as The Shifting Fog by Allen & Unwin"--T.p. verso.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part one. Ghosts stir -- The drawing room -- The nursery -- Waiting for the recital -- All good things -- Saffron High Street -- In the west -- Until we meet again -- Part two. The twelfth of July -- The fall of Icarus -- The photograph -- Bankers -- The dinner -- A suitable husband -- The ball and after -- Part three. Catching butterflies -- Down the rabbit hole -- In the depths -- Resurrection -- The choice -- Part four. Hannah's story -- The beginning of the end -- Riverton revisited -- Slipping out of time -- The end -- The tape -- The letter -- Author's note.