Maggie Hammond goes to live in a small coastal village in New England when she inherits a Victorian house from her godmother. There she discovers an insular community closed to outsiders and jealous of its own secrets. Slowly but inexorably, Maggie becomes aware of a private curse that the townspeople are unable to conceal, and which threatens to destroy their home.
“ISLAND JUSTICE is the kind of book that used to be called a “good read” — there’s nothing better.”
-New York Times Book Review

William Morrow, 1998 (more…)

Doubleday, 1998
A compelling novel of mothers and daughters torn apart by loss and twisted emotions, In My Mother’s House sweeps from the brownstones of turn-of-the-century New York to the stately farmlands of Connecticut, to explore a woman’s shame, a family’s deceit, and a final act of love.
“Accomplished…a saga without sentiment…the portrait of Lydia is one of the novel’s triumphs.”
-New York Times Book Review

“I was totally captivated by Elizabeth Winthrop’s three-generational tale of a family secret, and the terrible consequences of silence.”
-Dominick Dunne