Fiction.
Literature.
Mystery.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:New York Timesbestselling authors Karen White, Beatriz Williams, and Lauren Willig present a masterful collaborationâ??a rich, multigenerational novel of love and loss that spans half a century....
/> 1945: When critically wounded Captain Cooper Ravenel is brought to a private hospital on Manhattanâ??s Upper East Side, young Dr. Kate Schuyler is drawn into a complex mystery that connects three generations of women in her family to a single extraordinary room in a Gilded Age mansion.
Who is the woman in Captain Ravenelâ??s miniature portrait who looks so much like Kate? And why is she wearing the ruby pendant handed down to Kate by her mother? In their pursuit of answers, they find themselves drawn into the turbulent stories of Olive Van Alan, driven in the Gilded Age from riches to rags, who hired out as a servant in the very house her father designed, and Lucy Young, who in the Jazz Age came from Brooklyn to Manhattan seeking the father she had never known. But are Kate and Cooper ready for the secrets that will be revealed in the Forgotten Room?
This is a great story about three women in three different generations, all with ties to a room at the top of a beautiful home. I loved the historical parts to it, taking us back to the late 1890's, early 1920's and 1940's (WWII). I wish I could have had the time to read this book in just a few days because it would have lessened my confusion of the three women POV's (even though each one is from a different decade.) I'd But that is my fault (or life's!) not the three authors. :) ( )
A well-crafted story that weaves together characters from three generations. It was hard to tell who wrote what, which is often not the case with collaborations like these. ( )
Some of the fun is lost when you predict the ending/twist when you're only 1/3 of the way in... Oh well- I think I've read too many books with similar storylines. ( )
Fiction.
Literature.
Mystery.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:New York Timesbestselling authors Karen White, Beatriz Williams, and Lauren Willig present a masterful collaborationâ??a rich, multigenerational novel of love and loss that spans half a century....
1945: When critically wounded Captain Cooper Ravenel is brought to a private hospital on Manhattanâ??s Upper East Side, young Dr. Kate Schuyler is drawn into a complex mystery that connects three generations of women in her family to a single extraordinary room in a Gilded Age mansion.
Who is the woman in Captain Ravenelâ??s miniature portrait who looks so much like Kate? And why is she wearing the ruby pendant handed down to Kate by her mother? In their pursuit of answers, they find themselves drawn into the turbulent stories of Olive Van Alan, driven in the Gilded Age from riches to rags, who hired out as a servant in the very house her father designed, and Lucy Young, who in the Jazz Age came from Brooklyn to Manhattan seeking the father she had never known. But are Kate and Cooper ready for the secrets that will be revealed in the Forgotten Room?
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