![]() The year is 1906 and even though many women's goal is to get married and raise a family, Mattie has even higher hopes. Mattie wants more for her life than just tending to her father's farm and taking care of her sisters. ![]() Set in 1906 against the backdrop of the murder that inspired Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy, Jennifer Donnelly's astonishing debut novel effortlessly weaves romance, history, and a murder mystery into something moving, and real, and wholly original." But when Grace's drowned body is fished from the lake, Mattie discovers that the letters could reveal the grim truth behind a murder. ![]() Desperate for money, she takes a job at the Glenmore, where hotel guest Grace Brown entrusts her with the task of burning a secret bundle of letters. Goodreads says, " Sixteen-year-old Mattie Gokey has big dreams but little hope of seeing them come true. ![]()
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