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A storm breaks over Whitestone Hall as Basil Hurlhurst brings his new bride home to southern West Virginia. Inside the plantation house, preparations for a welcome give way to unease. His young daughter Pluma fiercely resents the marriage, and a mysterious woman waiting at the garden gate draws her into a secret errand. Laura Jean Libbey builds the opening around family tensions, concealed history and the fear that a change in the household will bring trouble.
Daisy Brooks places romantic distress at the center of its later scenes. Daisy watches the shadow of her husband Rex, troubled by estrangement and by the thought that her poverty has shaped his feelings. Her attachment persists alongside jealousy, uncertainty and the wish to keep a secret.
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- Laura Jean Libbey
- Reading time
- About 6 hours
- Pages
- 209
- Language
- English
- Genre
- American Classics
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