Though his father is distant and his mother is absent, Danny has his beloved sister Maeve, with her wall of black hair, her wit, her brilliance. Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves.ĭanny Conroy grows up in the opulence of the Dutch House. With it he buys the Dutch House, a lavish mansion in the Philadelphia suburbs. In the economic boom following the Second World War, Cyril Conroy's real estate investments take his family from poverty to enormous wealth. We pretended that what we had lost had been taken from us by the person who still lived inside. We pretended that what we had lost was the house, not our mother, not our father. Like swallows, like salmon, we were the helpless captives of our migratory patterns. 'Patchett leads us to a truth that feels like life rather than literature' GuardianĪ STORY OF TWO SIBLINGS, THEIR CHILDHOOD HOME, AND A PAST THAT THEY CAN'T LET GO. Lose yourself in the story of a lifetime – the unforgettable Sunday Times bestseller
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