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Rose Cottage (1997)

by Mary Stewart

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Rose Cottage is another of Mary Stewart's quiet, easy love stories with a bit of mystery. No high drama here -- not even as much as in, say, Stormy Petrel. I should perhaps call it a mystery rather than a romance, since the romance elements are slow and in the background to the mystery. Mostly, though, it's just a story of the protagonist figuring herself out and coming to terms with the small secrets of families, and of reunions, and coming home.

And, if it matters to anyone else, there's no cousin-marrying here. ( )
  shanaqui | Apr 9, 2013 |
A sort-of mystery, in a very gentle way. Not at all like her Gothic stories, but much more easy to deal with just before bed. I wasn’t particularly struck by it in any way, but did like reading it. (Dec 2011) ( )
  maureene87 | Apr 4, 2013 |
I suppose this is what might be termed a "cosy," a British mystery plumped up by the cushions of friendly neighbors, cups of tea, buttered scones, fresh eggs, healthful walks in the country, and hints of romance.Very nice but forgettable period piece.

Read more reviews at http://thegrimreader.blogspot.com ( )
  nohrt4me2 | Sep 11, 2012 |
A pleasant read with a slight mystery. I enjoyed the setting of late-forties rural England more, perhaps, than the story itself, but that is not really a criticism. Certainly not as plotty or suspenseful as others of Stewart's, but an afternoon's visit to an appealing time gone by with just enough goings on to keep one going on. ( )
  lycomayflower | May 14, 2012 |
Kathy Herrick's mother had left her when she was a little girl and gone off with the gypsies. Thinking that her mother is now dead, Kathy has returned to her childhood home - Rose Cottage - to claim it for her own. I liked this story very much and give it a C+! ( )
  moonshineandrosefire | Feb 14, 2012 |
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To the gentle shades of Henry, George, Patsy, Nip,
Rosy, Maudie and Muffin, and all the other friends
whom I met again in my stroll down Memory Lane.
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It is 1947, a calm, still day of June.
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Mary Stewart launched a world full of romance readers, and she invented romantic suspense. In this beautifully written gothic, Kate Herrick, a young widow in war-torn London, returns to her family home of Rose Cottage to retrieve family mementos for her Gran. When Kate arrives, she finds that the mementos have mysteriously disappeared. While looking for answers to age-old family mysteries (her single mother supposedly ran off with gypsies) Kate rekindles friendships with neighbors, kinsman, and old childhood companions. The bittersweet memories that Kate examines help her to redefine herself as a widow and as a young woman with a great need for family ties.

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In 1940s England, a young woman searches for information on her mother. Kate Herrick was born out of wedlock and abandoned at the age of six. Now a widow, she returns to the shuttered cottage of her childhood and finds someone was there before her. By the author of the Stormy Petrel.… (more)

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