The Endless Forest (Wilderness #6)
The Endless Forest (Wilderness #6)
Author: Sara Donati
Desc: With a master storyteller’s skill and a historian’s precision Sara Donati has delighted readers and critics alike with her bestselling novels of the nineteenth-century New York frontier. Now she brings us The Endless Forest set in the remote village of Paradise where the Bonner family that readers first met in Into the Wilderness make their home. The spring of 1824 is a challenging one for the inhabitants of Paradise N.Y. when a flood devastates the village. But for Nathaniel and Elizabeth Bonner it’s also a time of reunion as their children return from far-off places: Lily and her husband from Italy and Martha Kirby the Bonners’ ward from Manhattan. Although Lily is nursing her own grief it is Martha fleeing a crushing humiliation who brings with her trouble that will reverberate in all their lives. In the sudden peace that follows the storm as families struggle to rebuild childhood friends Martha and Daniel Lily’s twin brother suddenly begin to see each other in a new light. But their growing bond is threatened when Martha’s mother arrives back in Paradise a decade after abandoning her daughter. Jemima Southern is a dangerous schemer who has destroyed more than one family and her anger touches everyone as do her secrets. Has Jemima come to claim her daughter–or does she have something else in mind? Whatever happens Martha and Daniel and all the Bonners must stand united against the threats to both heart and home. Painful secrets and hidden sorrows joy heartbreak and passion follow the Bonners through a season of change and renewal. A rich passionate multilayered portrayal of family strength and endurance in a fascinating place and time The Endless Forest will be remembered long after the last page is turned.