![]() ![]() Set in 1906 against he backdrop of the murder that inspired Theodore Dreiser’s An American Tragedy, this astonishing novel weaves romance, history, and a murder mystery into something moving, real, and whole original.” (back cover) But when grace’s drowned body is fished from the lake, Mattie discovers the letters reveal the grim truth behind a murder. ![]() Desperate for money, she takes a job at the Glenmore, where hotel guest Grace Brown asks her to burn a bundle of secret letters. Sixteen-year-old Mattie Gokey has big dreams but little hope of seeing them come true. Then I flipped it over and read the back and was even less inspired. When a colleague at my new job at the University recommended this book to me because she uses it for her children’s literature class every semester, my first thought upon glancing at the picture on the cover was, “Historical romance novel? Uh – no.” But come on…fess up – you do this sometimes, right? It’s not just me? For me, the perfect example of why I should NOT judge a book by its cover is A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly. I know it’s not right I know it’s judgmental. ![]() True confession: I judge books by their cover. ![]()
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