I think our whole group enjoyed this one! "It was a dark and stormy night" is a good way to begin describing this novel. Comparison to Jane Eyre and Rebecca come to mind as well. It is a multilayered, inter-generational tale, ultimately about family but full of all that good stuff like maddness, an old castle, mysteries, revelations, murder, love, thunderstorms and more! Beautifully written. Long, but well worth the time!

This book appears to be a pleasant, easy read, but there are many deeper themes including aging, mental illness, disappointment, reinvention, the trappings of intellectualism, etc. The more we discussed it, the more we uncovered. Beautiful writing.

Although Gladys Deacon Spencer Churchill was the framework, but not the main character, of this novel, our book club members were most interested in her and glad we now know much more about her. This was a fun book to read and the character development was very good.