What's not to love? 1970 England. An isolated, crumbling house in a forest. The forest itself is hiding many secrets. An older housekeeper who insinuates herself into the lives of the inhabitants. Danger in the form of a husband and a lover, each vying for the same woman. There's a Gothic feel to this part of the book.

And then two terrible blows strike the Harrington household, one almost immediately after the other… Years later, Sylvie was making plans to leave her husband. They were calling it a trial separation, but she knew that they had drifted apart and that it was time for a permanent change. Sylvie Broom (present day) – is a forty-six year old make-up artist who has recently moved out of the family home after tiring of her husband’s many infidelities. Sylvie is the mother of nineteen year old Annie – a girl who is struggling with the separation of her parents. Even the trees seem to peer down at her accusingly, shaking their leafy heads. "Our little arrangement," Walter calls it. When he suggested it two days ago, Rita didn't want any part. She felt such disquiet about his motives. "You want to think about it?" He'd snorted. "This is a job, not a dessert menu, Rita." The choice was stark: agree or leave ("immediately, without a reference"), and he'd hire someone more compliant. In summary, this author has a unique talent for turning what might have been a merely interesting scene into an enchantingly atmospheric experience. These “adventures of the mind” kind of reading delights were present throughout her past novels, and I’m thrilled to say that this one was equally excellent on this count.Chase's writing is so very, very good - she is a brilliant storyteller. And it makes for addicting reading. I can't recommend The Daughters of Foxcote Manor enough.

When she’d started the job, everything was different. She remembers Jeannie reading her reference out loud on the day of the interview, her slowly spreading smile, her hands stroking the sun of her heavily pregnant belly. “‘Loyal, kind, and adored by my four children. Brilliant with the baby. Not so good on laundry or cooking. Very nervous driver. Would hire again in a heartbeat.’” Rita came to Foxcote, that wonderful country home, as the nanny of two children whose family who had just suffered a terrible trauma. She wasn’t entirely happy about that, as becoming a nanny to a wealthy family in London had been her dream job, but she loved her charges and she know that they needed her, more than every now that their mother was mentally frail. Exploring family dynamics by using alternatingtimelines, Chase captivates readers, especially fans of Kate Morton,with eloquent prose and sympathetic characters." — Booklist An old English estate holds decades worth of secrets...' New York Post's Best Books of The Week July 18, 2020

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It was very easy for me to get into this book, as the writing is captivating and colourful. I started to connect the dots very early and from then on, I was more and more curious to see what direction the story will take. Negaliu kitaip pradėt apžvalgos - knygos viršelis!!! Užburiantis! Jau vien į jį pažvelgus noris imt ir skaityt. O visas gėris tame, kad ne tik viršelis čia geras - pagi knyga dar puikesnė. Nu nuoširdžiai nesitikėjau, kad romanas apie šeimos paslaptis ir dar dviejų laikų istorija mane taip sužavės. Bet sužavėjo ir turėjau nuos tą bų laiką su knyga. The Glass House is a well written drama with a couple of mysterious elements. Through a couple of characters and two different timelines, we discover how two families end up connected to each other, and what secrets they have been keeping over the years. The Daughters of Foxcote Manor is not really about a murder, or a creepy house, but about families – the ones we’re born into, the ones we make and especially the ones we flee.”— The New York Times