The Parentations by Kate Mayfield

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Eighteenth-century London and the lives of the sisters Fitzgerald, Constance and Verity, become entwined with the nearby Fowler household. For Clovis Fowler,whose unearthly Nordic beauty belies a ruthless thirst for power, and husband Finn, a Limehouse thief, have agreed to provide safe harbour to a mysterious baby. The puzzling phenomenon binding them close arose unexpectedly from deep within the savage but beautiful landscape of Iceland, where a hidden pool of water grants those who drink from it endless life. But those who sip from the waterfall discover all too quickly that immortality is no gift. To preserve the life of this strange baby from those who wish him harm means that all concerned must remain undiscovered for more than two hundred years. And, as the centuries creep thither, one in their enclave proves more menacing than those who pursue them. Worse, the life-giving pool that sustains them all, runs dry...

 

Kate Mayfield was taken directly to a funeral home when she was born Her father, an undertaker, set up shop in a small town in southern Kentucky where the family resided in his funeral home for thirteen years. This is the setting of her third book, a memoir, The Undertaker's Daughter. She is the co-author of Ten Steps To Fashion Freedom and Ellie Hart Goes To Work. After living in New York and Los Angeles, she now makes London her home.

 

ISBN: 9781786072436
ISBN-10: 1786072432
Audience: General
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 496
Published: 29th March 2018
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 22.5 x 14.6  x 3.4