This is the story of a house, first and foremost. The house is called Birchwood Manor and the book spans time between the mid-nineteenth century and today, as the house goes from a private home to a girls' school to a modern museum. At first I was thinking the book should have been called "Birchwood Manor," but eventually I realized that the story was just as much about the girl (the clockmaker's daughter) as it was about the house. Or that, perhaps, the girl and the house were the same.
The novel is both mystery and a romance, and keeps you guessing about what really happened to the clockmaker's daughter until the end, while weaving the whole story in and out of many lives over the ensuing 150 years.
It's a very good book!
I also read recently by this author: The Secret Keeper
This sounds like a great novel!! I'll add it to my ever growing reading wishlist.
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