Tilghman Christopher - Mason's Retreat A Novel - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: A New York Times Book Review Notable Book The year is 1936, and the world is on the brink of war. American expatriot Edward Mason owner of a failing machine factory is fighting more private battles. In the face of defeat he abandons his adopted home in England in order to reclaim his inheritance on Maryland's Eastern Shore - - - a ruinous thousand - acre estate known ominously as Mason's Retreat. Edward his wife Edith and their two young sons struggle to adjust to life in this strange and storied place. But with war drawing closer England's hasty rearmament offers Edward a chance to revive the factory and he returns alone to lead his company. Meanwhile his wife and sons are left to make their own fortunes. When an unsigned letter informs Edward of where those fortunes have led he hastens back an ill - fated move that will have devastating consequences for everyone involved. Haunted moving and masterfully written " Christopher Tilghman's deeply remembered novel is a loyal testament to history - - - to the lure and bind of family to the earth that spat us out and receives us unquestionably again" (Gail Caldwell The Boston Sunday Globe).
Title: Mason's Retreat A Novel
Author(s): Tilghman Christopher
Publisher: Picador
Barcode: 9781250016072
Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 4/24/2012
Series: The Novels of Mason's Retreat
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction