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The racial divide within the Retreat community over the relationship between Thomas (1), and what continues to happen there (1), as far behind her as she can. Leaving her husband Wyatt (1), son Thomas (1), and Wyatt's peach orchards which she has come to despise (1), she heads to France with their daughter Mary. Mary will be properly educated (1), in the Convent of the Sacred Heart. Thomas can grow up at the Retreat (1), learning what he must do to eventually take it over. The author captures the social (1), then encouraged by Wyatt as he works to educate both the brilliant Randall and Thomas together (1), ignoring her mother's wishes (1), sisters or brothers -- with no regard for family or the torn community left behind. The effect of these actions colors the years to come for not only those soon-to-be-freed slaves who remain at Mason's Retreat (1), returns to the Retreat to care for her ailing father (1), whose thousands of peach trees are dying of a blight (1), but in the end I decided it was all part of the story and worth the telling. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and look forward to reading another of Mr.Tilghman's novels. Based on the excellent prose (1), I give it 4 1/2 stars. (1), and political ethos of the times so thoroughly that the reader is quickly immersed in this period of Maryland history. The friendship between the reticent Thomas and the black children Randall and Beal is particularly poignant. First ignored by the planta (1), Randall and Beal looms ever larger when Wyatt sends both boys off to college and Thomas falls in love. Mary (1), and to confront her brother over his behavior. Thus it is Mary who becomes the real protagonist as the plantation becomes hers to rule for many years. Much of the story is told through the eyes of the plantation manager (1), Mr. French (1), but also for Ogle Mason's own descendants. His daughter Ophelia spends much of her life trying to put the Retreat and all that has happened there (1), a grand estate located on Maryland's Eastern Shore is able to sell off his slaves -- husbands or wives (1), Amish farmers (1), signers of Declaration (1), poiice detective (1), white indifference (1), miracle rescue (1), self-flagulation (1), Nazi regime (1), Quaker traditions (1), western Indian tribes (1), US Indian Agent (1), Japanese netsuke (1), This beautifully written novel weaves a generational account of a wealthy family's journey from the days of slavery to emancipation and the start of the new century. From the days when the owner of the Retreat (1), public reaction (1), triple tours (1), pedifile (1), the 30s dust storms (1), resilient women (1), turtle preservation (1), feuding factions (1), Cunninghames (1), Montgomeries (1), Chiricahua Apache (1), unlikely love (1), Civil war (1), social class (1), communism (1), torture (1), courage (1), misery (1), mental illness (1), 19th century (1), love story (1), race relations (1), 20th c (1), family life (1), moral (1), family secrets (1), settlement (1), Civil War (1), genealogy (1), strong female (1), jealousy (1), politics (1), deception (1), music (1), depression (1), humor (1), friends (1), detective (1), literary fiction (1), Paris (1), loss (1), history (1), grief (1), strength (1), alternate history (1), thriller (1), Hugo (1), convicts (1), NY (1), art (1), religious (1), murder mystery (1), Roman Catholic (1), military fiction (1), guilt (1), U.S. Cavalry (1), Robert Kennedy (1), teen mothers (1), interracial (1), personality disorder (1), love lost (1), fathers/sons (1), Thomas Cromwell (1), mother-son (1), wine country (1), Revolutionary War (1), stowaway (1), rural France (1), low country (1), Roman Catholics (1), Charleston society (1), 20th century (1), war zone (1), recapture (1), cultural beliefs (1), militia (1), pedophiles (1), homosexuals (1), Afghanistan (1), Afganistan (1), Pakistan (1), village life (1), Missouri (1), 1880s (1), old age (1), endurance (1), Henry VIII (1), the west (1), love affair (1), consequences (1), 16th C (1), wild animals (1), black culture (1), Charleston (1), Vienna (1), lighthouses (1), who is a complex character in his own right. There were a few times when I felt there was too much description about peach orchards (1)
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Jul 7, 2011
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Suzanne Hadfield Semsch
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I am the author of four novels, The Lees of Menokin, pub. 2009, The Sound of Caissons (2011), Turn on No-Bridge Road (2012), and The Widow Darling (2014). They are all available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle; No-Bridge can also be read on most other epub devices including iPad, Nook, Sony, and Kobi. Bookstores can order my books. I am self-published but have a professional editor and have my covers professionally designed.
As the daughter and wife of career Army officers I have traveled extensively and lived in 13 states and in Europe. My interests in addition to writing include gardening, playing bridge, decorating, finance, cats (I have two), history and, of course, reading other people's fiction.
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Charlottesville, Virginia
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http://suzannesemsch.com
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