The House at Riverton (CD-Audio)

from nycbookgirl

In a nut shell, I liked it. It reminded me of Atonement and The Blind Assassin. So if you liked either of those books, well, it's similar themed. That said, Ian McEwan pulled off a great story in a whole lot less number of pages. At almost five hundred pages, it was a tad bit long. Here's the plo...

from nycbookgirl

In a nut shell, I liked it. It reminded me of Atonement and The Blind Assassin. So if you liked either of those books, well, it's similar themed. That said, Ian McEwan pulled off a great story in a whole lot less number of pages. At almost five hundred pages, it was a tad bit long. Here's the plo...

from Reveries

Ninety-nine year old Grace is in a nursing home when she is visited by a young director who is making a film about a reported suicide that occurred in the summer of 1924 at a party at Riverton House. The visit sparks Grace's memories of that time. For years, Grace has kept a secret about what rea...

from loriephillips

In 1999, Grace Reeves, a 99 year old woman living in a nursing home, is contacted by a film director who is making a movie of the apparent suicide in 1924, of a young poet. The death occured at a high society party hosted by the wealthy Harford family at their Riverton estate where Grace was empl...

from bookworm12

Morton's novels are always fun reads for me and this one didn't disappoint. With shades of du Maurier's Rebecca and the BBC's Downton Abbey, the book was a wonderful mystery. We meet Grace at the end of her life. She is living out her days at a retirement home when she finds out a movie is being ...