The Inheritance of Beauty (Thorndike Press Large Print Clean Reads) - Hardcover
When a mysterious package arrives at their nursing home, followed closely by a stranger whose identity haunts them, Maggie and her husband George are hemmed in by a history they would rather forget, but as the truth reveals itself, George knows he must face the past and its lifetime of repercussions. (historical fiction).
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About the Author:
Nicole Seitz weaves enchanting tales of redemption filled with unforgettable characters and a refreshing Southern voice. She lives near Charleston, South Carolina, with her husband and two children. Twitter @nicoleseitz, facebook.com/pages/Nicole-Seitz/121816365611?ref=nf
From Publishers Weekly:
Harmony House assisted-care residents George and Maggie Jacobs have known each other for almost 80 years and lived, most of that time, in peace, despite Maggie's recent stroke. But when an oddly familiar new resident moves in, they're forced to confront the haunting events of their distant past. As children in 1920s Levy, S.C., their idyllic youth was interrupted by the arrival of a mysterious magician and his laconic son. They soon realize that he's there for a reason, and the dark secret he carries will leave one person dead, a house burned down, and all of their lives forever altered. Though George has lived with his long buried past, he decides, at 80, that it's time to return to South Carolina and face the truth. Christian author Seitz (Saving Cicadas) easily inhabits her elderly characters and deftly juggles a large cast, but she's no stranger to sentiment or hyperbole, and the former tragedies haunting her characters don't carry the life-altering drama with which they're alluded to ("Eventually, it destroyed everything I held most dear"), resulting in a novel that is equally saccharine and anticlimactic. (Feb.)
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- PublisherThorndike Press
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1410438082
- ISBN 13 9781410438089
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages399
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