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"The House at Riverton" by Kate Morton was a great novel. The narrator was born in 1901 and at the age of 14 was sent to be a housemaid at Riverton. Her mother had been in service there when she was young and left when she got pregnant. The life at the big house was typical of the early 1900's and then the war came and took so many lives, including the heirs to the mansion. Now run by the brother that was a failure at everything he tried it was soon in trouble. One daughter married wealth and took the maid with her to London as a Lady's Maid. There they reconnected with R. S. Hunter, the famous poet and life again changed. The narrator is now 99 and a movie is being made of Riverton and the life and times leading up to the death of R. S. Hunter on the estate. Only one person knows what really happened and she's not telling. Loved this one. Have another of Morton's in my stash but I think I'll hold off a little while and read another I just got.