The Servants' Quarters
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A βbeautifully told story of love and growthβ set in post-WWII South Africa (Booklist).
When disfigured soldier George Harding returns from the front, he moves a poor family into the servantβs quarters of his familyβs South African estate, saving them from financial ruinβand initiating a series of events that will change all of their fates forever.
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Among the new tenants at Hardingβs Rest is Cressida, a young girl haunted by phantoms of World War II and the Holocaust, and terrified by Hardingβs gnarled body. Invited to the main house to help bring Hardingβs hopelessly timid nephew out of his shell, Cressida makes an impression on her familyβs benefactor.
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As she blossoms into womanhood, Cressida slowly becomes beguiled by what once repulsed her, in this strange and beautiful decades-spanning novel that βblends Dickensian musings on class with a BrontΓ«-like love storyβ (San Francisco Chronicle).
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βCressida, a young girl who watches those around her patch up their wounds from the war and carry on with the weight of pretense, is as observant and as wickedly truthful as any Jane Austen character.β βAmy Tan
When disfigured soldier George Harding returns from the front, he moves a poor family into the servantβs quarters of his familyβs South African estate, saving them from financial ruinβand initiating a series of events that will change all of their fates forever.
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Among the new tenants at Hardingβs Rest is Cressida, a young girl haunted by phantoms of World War II and the Holocaust, and terrified by Hardingβs gnarled body. Invited to the main house to help bring Hardingβs hopelessly timid nephew out of his shell, Cressida makes an impression on her familyβs benefactor.
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As she blossoms into womanhood, Cressida slowly becomes beguiled by what once repulsed her, in this strange and beautiful decades-spanning novel that βblends Dickensian musings on class with a BrontΓ«-like love storyβ (San Francisco Chronicle).
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βCressida, a young girl who watches those around her patch up their wounds from the war and carry on with the weight of pretense, is as observant and as wickedly truthful as any Jane Austen character.β βAmy Tan
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Lynn Freed was awarded the inaugural Katherine Anne Porter Award for Fiction by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She is the author of eight novels, a short story collection, and a collection of essays.
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