The Housekeeper

Fiction & Literature, Thrillers, Mystery & Suspense
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Author: Melanie Wallace ISBN: 9781596928718
Publisher: MacAdam/Cage Publishing Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint: MP Publishing Language: English
Author: Melanie Wallace
ISBN: 9781596928718
Publisher: MacAdam/Cage Publishing
Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint: MP Publishing
Language: English
A chilling, literary novel about a nomadic young woman who becomes tangled in the stories of her past and the search for a wild boy. Teenage runaway Jamie Hall — entrapped by circumstance and poverty — seems incapable of escaping the mountain-and-valley watershed that was the birthplace of her maternal grandparents. Working as a housekeeper for Margaret, a retired photographer who leaves behind a pictorial chronicle of the valleys history, Jamie finds herself trapped in a town — and amongst a group of locals — unable to shake the relentless grip of the past. Theres an ancient postmaster who lives through his memories of Jamies grandmother, the woman he loved but who was never his. Theres Galen, an ex-con who falls in love with Jamie, and who finds himself threatened by Harlan, a childhood friend who has become a murderous poacher. And then theres the wild boy tied to a tree. When Jamie sets him free, she unintentionally involves both Galen and Harlan in a fatal chase and unleashes a force of evil that will haunt her for the rest of her life. With an unforgettable cast of characters and gorgeous, piercing prose, 'The Housekeeper' is at once a poetic meditation on landscape and a page-turning thriller.
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A chilling, literary novel about a nomadic young woman who becomes tangled in the stories of her past and the search for a wild boy. Teenage runaway Jamie Hall — entrapped by circumstance and poverty — seems incapable of escaping the mountain-and-valley watershed that was the birthplace of her maternal grandparents. Working as a housekeeper for Margaret, a retired photographer who leaves behind a pictorial chronicle of the valleys history, Jamie finds herself trapped in a town — and amongst a group of locals — unable to shake the relentless grip of the past. Theres an ancient postmaster who lives through his memories of Jamies grandmother, the woman he loved but who was never his. Theres Galen, an ex-con who falls in love with Jamie, and who finds himself threatened by Harlan, a childhood friend who has become a murderous poacher. And then theres the wild boy tied to a tree. When Jamie sets him free, she unintentionally involves both Galen and Harlan in a fatal chase and unleashes a force of evil that will haunt her for the rest of her life. With an unforgettable cast of characters and gorgeous, piercing prose, 'The Housekeeper' is at once a poetic meditation on landscape and a page-turning thriller.

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