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The Opened Shutters

A Novel

by Clara Louise Burnham

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First published
1906
Pages
245
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An old disagreement still colours the exchanges between Judge Trent and Martha Lacey when Clara Louise Burnham opens this novel. Martha worries over the judge's battered hat, while he remembers her refusal of his proposal and talks about marriage with his new assistant, John Dunham. Their competing views of a shared past give the opening its humour and establish a world where affection can sit close to irritation.

Along the shore of Casco Bay, Sylvia Lacey faces a more immediate test of feeling. Her aunt Martha arrives by sailboat near the Tide Mill, bringing back memories of a painful encounter. Sylvia's struggle to answer gently turns a family visit into an examination of resentment and kindness. The coastal setting, with its rocks, firs and tidal waters, gives this love story a particular atmosphere.

About the author

Clara Louise Burnham

Clara Louise Burnham built an American career as a novelist and children's writer whose New England settings drew on childhood memories and later summers in Maine. The daughter of composer George Frederick Root, she also wrote verse and texts connected with music before building a long career in fiction.

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First published
1906
Reading time
About 6 hours
Pages
245
Language
English
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