The House at Riverton by Kate Morton is her debut novel. It is a historical fiction book about a girl named Grace Bradley and two sisters, Hannah and Emmeline Hartford. The three live in the Riverton house and experience good times and tragedy. The worse tragedy happened in the summer of 1924 when a young poet shoots himself. The only witnesses are Grace, Hannah and Emmeline.
In 1999, at the age of 99, Grace is visited by a director who is doing a movie on the history of Riverton. The director takes Grace back to Riverton and awakens a lot of secrets that she kept her whole life. The story is gripping throughout to it's astonishing ending. Kate Morton also wrote the unforgettable book, The Forgotten Garden. The House at Riverton is an intense read.
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