{"product_id":"fiercombe-manor-a-novel-isbn-9780062332950","title":"Fiercombe Manor: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Borrowing from gothic literature staples Daphne du Maurier’s \u003cem\u003eRebecca \u003c\/em\u003eand Charlotte Brontë‘s \u003cem\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/em\u003e, Riordan creates a visceral and lively narrative that seizes the reader’s attention.” —\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this haunting and richly imagined dual-narrative tale that echoes the eerie mystery of \u003cem\u003eRebecca\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Little Stranger\u003c\/em\u003e, two women of very different eras are united by the secrets hidden within the walls of an English manor house.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1933, naive twenty-two year-old Alice—pregnant and unmarried—is in disgrace. Her mother banishes her from London to secluded Fiercombe Manor in rural Gloucestershire, where she can hide under the watchful eye of her mother’s old friend, the housekeeper Mrs. Jelphs. The manor’s owners, the Stantons, live abroad, and with her cover story of a recently-deceased husband Alice can have her baby there before giving it up for adoption and returning home. But as Alice endures the long, hot summer at Fiercombe awaiting the baby’s birth, she senses that something is amiss with the house and its absentee owners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThirty years earlier, pregnant Lady Elizabeth Stanton desperately hopes for the heir her husband desires. Tormented by the memory of what happened after the birth of her first child, a daughter, she grows increasingly terrified that history will repeat itself, with devastating consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter meeting Tom, the young scion of the Stanton family, Alice becomes determined to uncover the clan’s tragic past and exorcise the ghosts of this idyllic, isolated house. But nothing can prepare Alice for what she uncovers. Soon it is her turn to fear: can she escape the tragic fate of the other women who have lived in the Fiercombe valley . . .\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Bewitching . . . atmospheric and entertaining.”—\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA house as old as Fiercombe Manor holds many secrets within its walls. But which dark chapter of its history is haunting Alice, a twenty-two-year-old woman staying there during the summer of 1933? Pregnant, unmarried, and disgraced, she has been exiled to the rural manor by her furious mother. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer mother’s old friend, Mrs. Jelphs, is Fiercombe’s housekeeper—even though the house’s owners no longer live there. Believing Alice’s cover story of a recently deceased husband, Mrs. Jelphs agrees to watch over her in the secluded English countryside until the baby is born and given up for adoption. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThirty years before Alice’s arrival, Lady Elizabeth Stanton awaits the birth of her second child at Fiercombe Manor. But as her time nears, she is increasingly tormented by memories of what happened with her first baby and terrified that history will repeat itself . . . with devastating consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt first, Fiercombe Manor offers Alice relief from her mother’s disapproving gaze. But she begins to sense that all is not well in the picturesque valley. She is determined to exorcise the ghosts of the idyllic, isolated house, but nothing can prepare Alice for what she uncovers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan she escape the tragic fate of the other women who have lived in Fiercombe Manor . . . ?\u003c\/p\u003e“Borrowing from gothic literature staples Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca and Charlotte Brontë’s \u003cem\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/em\u003e, Riordan creates a visceral and lively narrative that seizes the reader’s attention. Readers . . . will applaud and welcome this addition.”—\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review) | \u003cp\u003e“Mrs. Jelphs has a touch of Mrs. Danvers about her, and the old driver, Ruck, is truly creepy. This is a good match with fans of…Diane Setterfield and Kate Morton.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A prickly story full of tension.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Express (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A well executed, brooding, creepy atmosphere.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Mirror (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A sweeping saga of secrets and ghosts.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping, UK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Full of slow-burning tension.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEssentials\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Borrowing from gothic literature staples Daphne du Maurier’s \u003cem\u003eRebecca\u003c\/em\u003e and Charlotte Brontë’s \u003cem\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/em\u003e, Riordan creates a visceral and lively narrative that seizes the reader’s attention. 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