The Summer Country [Large Print] |
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Author:
| Willig, Lauren |
ISBN: | 978-0-06-291229-9 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2019 |
Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers
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Imprint: | Harper Large Print |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $26.99 |
Book Description:
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A sweeping Victorian epic of lost love, lies, jealousy, and rebellion set in colonial Barbados
Barbados, 1954: Emily Dawson has always been the poor cousin in a prosperous English merchant clan. Everyone knows that the family's shipping business will go to her cousin. But when her grandfather dies, Emily receives an unexpected inheritance: Peverills, a sugar plantation in Barbados.
When Emily travels to Barbados, she finds Peverills a burnt-out shell, reduced to ruins...
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A sweeping Victorian epic of lost love, lies, jealousy, and rebellion set in colonial Barbados
Barbados, 1954: Emily Dawson has always been the poor cousin in a prosperous English merchant clan. Everyone knows that the family's shipping business will go to her cousin. But when her grandfather dies, Emily receives an unexpected inheritance: Peverills, a sugar plantation in Barbados.
When Emily travels to Barbados, she finds Peverills a burnt-out shell, reduced to ruins in 1816. Why would her grandfather leave her a property in ruins Why are the neighboring plantation owners, so eager to acquire Peverills
A brilliant, multigenerational saga that begins in the years of slavery and ends in a time of industry and new beginnings, The Summer Country boldly unravels the legacy of two families, and the secret ties that bind them.