TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wingate,Marty
TI  - The orphans of Mersea House: a novel 
SN  - 9781639100880
AV  - PS3623.I66225 O77 2022
U1  - 813/.6 23
PY  - 2022///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Alcove Press
KW  - Lodging-houses
KW  - England
KW  - Southwold
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Female friendship
KW  - City and town life
KW  - Guardian and ward
KW  - Orphans
KW  - Interpersonal relations
KW  - Southwold (England)
KW  - Domestic fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Detective and mystery fiction
KW  - Historical fiction
N2  - England, 1957. Olive Kersey's only love never returned from World War II, and now she's alone and penniless. Then the last person she ever expected to see again returns to Southwold. Olive's childhood friend, Margery Paxton, arrives to claim her inheritance: Mersea House, a stately old home she plans to turn into the town's only lodging. Olive's life takes a sunny turn when Margery hires her to run the establishment. But Mersea House holds its own mysteries--and its own dangers. First, rumors begin to fly when two enigmatic lodgers move in: Hugh Hodson, manager of the town cinema, and Mrs. Abigail Claypool, a recluse and war widow. And then the completely unexpected happens: Margery is informed she has a new ward, eleven-year-old Juniper Wyckes, the orphaned daughter of Margery's first love. Mrs. Lucie Pagett, Children's Officer at the local authority, informs Margery that Juniper was severely stricken with polio as a child and makes clear that she could be taken away if her welfare is in jeopardy. The past is never far behind for the inhabitants of Mersea House, and looming secrets may destroy the friendships they've created
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