Alden Patterson, the last living member of a once-wealthy Toronto family, is haunted by the legacy of her grandfather, William Patterson, whose suicide taints the family name. She lives in the decaying Patterson House with Constance, a foundling, and John Hunt, an injured war veteran and the family’s former gardener. When Alden is reduced to taking in boarders, she thinks she has found a way to survive until the crash of 1929 leaves her truly desperate and one particular boarder threatens to destroy everything she thinks she wants
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- Pages
- 344
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- Toronto, CA
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Half Title 2
- Title 4
- Copyright 5
- Dedication 6
- Contents 8
- Epigraph 10
- Part One 12
- July 16, 1873 14
- March 8, 1916 17
- November 15, 1918 62
- Part Two 70
- February 12, 1894 72
- August 11, 1930 75
- Part Three 132
- July 17, 1930 134
- October 3, 1930 136
- Part Four 188
- November 15, 1930 190
- December 13, 1930 240
- Part Five 256
- December 14, 1930 258
- May 15, 1931 322
- March 2, 1937 327
- September 17, 1947 329
- October 15, 1954 331
- Author’s Note 338
- Acknowledgements 340
- About the Author 341
