Familial saga through love, war, and madness.
If you have a penchant for deeply moving family narratives that traverse the complexities of love, the horrors of war, and the challenges of mental illness, then "The Sunlight on the Garden" is a beautifully woven tapestry that might resonate with you. The rich historical context paired with the personal struggles and triumphs of a family offers a poignant reading experience that's both enlightening and emotionally stirring.
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ISBN: 9781862078291
Authors:
Elizabeth Speller
Publisher: Granta Books
Date of Publication: 2006-01-01
Format: Hardcover
Goodreads rating: 3.63
(rated by 54 readers)
Description
In 1880, housemaid Ada Curtis bore the first of several illegitimate children from her employer, the son of a once-grand family now obsessed with its own threadbare nobility. More than a century later, inspired by the stories, re-inventions, and half-truths in her family's past, Elizabeth Speller—Gerald and Ada's great-granddaughter—sets out to trace the criss-crossing lines of their history. As she herself recovered from a mental breakdown, she began to wonder if that history offered any explanation of what had happened in her own life. What made my grandmother mad? What made us mad? The search resulted in a tale bringing vividly to life the passions and hopes of four generations, amid tales of wealth inherited and lost, eccentricity, sexual indiscretion, and madness.
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Familial saga through love, war, and madness.
If you have a penchant for deeply moving family narratives that traverse the complexities of love, the horrors of war, and the challenges of mental illness, then "The Sunlight on the Garden" is a beautifully woven tapestry that might resonate with you. The rich historical context paired with the personal struggles and triumphs of a family offers a poignant reading experience that's both enlightening and emotionally stirring.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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