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St. Martin's Press
December 2013
On Sale: December 10, 2013
Featuring: Cathleen Harrington; Edward; Ada
416 pages
ISBN: 1250016304
EAN: 9781250016300
Kindle: B00DA735UC
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Fiction
Barbara Mutch's stunning first novel tells a story of love
and duty colliding on the arid plains of Apartheid-era South
Africa When Cathleen Harrington leaves her home in Ireland in 1919
to travel to South Africa, she knows that she does not love
the man she is to marry there —her fiance Edward, whom she
has not seen for five years. Isolated and estranged in a
small town in the harsh Karoo desert, her only real
companions are her diary and her housemaid, and later the
housemaid's daughter, Ada. When Ada is born, Cathleen
recognizes in her someone she can love and respond to in a
way that she cannot with her own family. Under Cathleen’s tutelage, Ada grows into an accomplished
pianist and a reader who cannot resist turning the pages of
the diary, discovering the secrets Cathleen sought to hide.
As they grow closer, Ada sees new possibilities in front of
her—a new horizon. But in one night, everything changes, and
Cathleen comes home from a trip to find that Ada has
disappeared, scorned by her own community. Cathleen must
make a choice: should she conform to society, or search for
the girl who has become closer to her than her own daughter? Set against the backdrop of a beautiful, yet divided land,
The Housemaid's Daughter is a startling and
thought-provoking novel that intricately portrays the drama
and heartbreak of two women who rise above cruelty to find
love, hope, and redemption.
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