Early Autumn
by Louis Bromfield
402 pages~7 hrs
“Legacy is a beautiful prison.”
Amidst the fading prestige of a Massachusetts estate, the Pentland family desperately clings to a century of tradition as the modern world threatens to tear their gilded world apart. It is a haunting exploration of old money, buried secrets, and the high cost of maintaining a reputation in a rapidly changing America.
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