The Ceremonious House
The Ceremonious House by Elizabeth Cottrell, published by Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers on October 27, 2022, is a novel that explores the complexities of family dynamics and personal identity. Set in 1966, the story follows Aulis Price as she leaves her Welsh home and teaching career to marry Martin Peverell, a farmer from Staffordshire. Aulis is eager to embrace her new life at Abbotshall, the Peverell family’s Georgian farmhouse, inspired by the poised and capable Mollie, Martin’s mother. However, she soon discovers that both Abbotshall and Mollie harbor hidden conflicts that challenge her expectations.
As Aulis navigates her new surroundings, she confronts the tensions between youth and age, as well as the pull of the past against the promise of the future. The narrative delves into the sinister secret that looms over Abbotshall, affecting all its inhabitants. Aulis’s determination to stay true to herself is tested as she witnesses Martin’s struggle with divided loyalties. This edition, comprising 312 pages, invites readers to engage with themes of personal sacrifice and the complexities of familial relationships within a richly depicted setting.
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In 1966 when Aulis Price leaves her Welsh home and her teaching job to marry Staffordshire farmer Martin Peverell, she looks forward eagerly to her new life at Abbotshall, the beautiful Georgian farmhouse which is the Peverell family home. Aulis takes as her role model Martin’s elegant and competent mother, Mollie.
But the young bride soon finds that Abbotshall and Mollie are not all that they seem. Behind the dignified facade lurks conflict, between youth and age, the past and the future. This conflict is rooted in a sinister secret which overshadows Abbotshall and all who live there.
As Aulis struggles to adjust to Abbotshall’s ways and the local culture she determines to remain true to herself. Meanwhile she sees her beloved Martin caught in a battle of loyalties. Can Aulis take him with her into the future or will she, too, be sacrificed to Abbotshall’s past?
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