Rose Cottage
Rose Cottage by Mary Stewart, published by Chicago Review Press in 2011, is a reprint edition featuring 240 pages in English. The story centers on Kate Herrick, who returns to her childhood home, a quaint thatched cottage in the English countryside, to retrieve family papers in the summer of 1947. However, her visit uncovers a complex web of intrigue, as the village buzzes with gossip about her elderly neighbors, rumored to be witches, and their claims of nighttime prowlers and ghosts.
As Kate delves deeper into her search for the missing papers, she reconnects with childhood friends and neighbors, some wary of her return while others are eager to assist. This journey leads her to confront family tensions, jealousy, and revenge, ultimately revealing a long-hidden secret that significantly alters her life. The narrative intertwines themes of mystery and personal discovery, set against the backdrop of a picturesque village filled with rich history and local lore.
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Rose Cottage, a tiny thatched dwelling in an idyllic English country setting, would appear the picture of tranquility to any passerby. But when Kate Herrick returns to her childhood home to retrieve some family papers in the summer of 1947, she uncovers a web of intrigue as tangled as the rambling roses in its garden. The papers are missing. The village is alive with gossip. Did her elderly neighbors, suspected of being witches, really see nighttime prowlers and ghosts in the cottage garden?
Kate’s search for the truth brings her together with many childhood friends and neighbors, some suspicious of her return, but most eager to help. It also leads her down a trail of family bitterness, jealousy, and revenge–and into an exploration of her own past. She ends up discovering a long-hidden secret that will change her life dramatically–along with romance in a place she least expects.
First published in 1997 and a major bestseller, Rose Cottage is, to date, the last and most mature novel from one of Britain’s greatest writers.
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