The Dutch House by Ann Patchett-337 pages
Maeve and Danny are siblings who grow up in a grand home nicknamed The Dutch House, after the wealthy Dutch family that had it built. Maeve and Danny's mother abandoned their family when they were young, so they are raised by their father and the household help instead. Never knowing what happened to their mother the siblings wondering if she was dead or alive. Then the father remarries and the new wife is not kind to Maeve and Danny. Maeve was the oldest and always took wonderful care of Danny throughout his life. They had a very tight bond. It is wonderful how the author brings it all around to make sense to Danny, now well into adulthood. I enjoyed it very much.
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