Mrs. Walford

<p><strong><em>A dark secret. A second chance.</em></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Sadie Walford the wife of a prominent Brooklyn ship broker and mother of two registers at the Queen Hotel in Halifax Nova Scotia using a false name. Two weeks later she is buried in the local cemetery. <em>Or is she</em>?</strong></p><p></p><p>Without family or friends health or hope Sadie arrives already contemplating a drastic next step. But she hasn't counted on the likes of Eleanor the hotel's no-nonsense bookkeeper or Maggie the annoyingly helpful head maid who both have other ideas.</p><p></p><p>A chance encounter with a thief sets events in motion and Sadie will be forced to choose: <strong>How far is she willing to go to conceal her past preserve her freedom and claim the future she desires?</strong></p><p></p><p>Inspired by actual events this epistolary tale of heartbreak healing and hope unfolds through journal entries letters recollections and accounts. Set in Halifax Manhattan and on Long Island during the Gilded Age <em>Mrs. Walford</em> is a story of found family love delayed and the power of friendship in turbulent times.</p><p></p><p><strong>Enter the world of <em>Mrs. Walford</em>:</strong></p><ul><li><ul><li>From a raucous boarding house in verdant Flushing New York to the upscale Queen Hotel in Halifax Nova Scotia...</li><li>From the heavenly windows department of Louis C. Tiffany's glass and decorating company in Manhattan to a doctor's private practice in a quiet Brooklyn brownstone...</li><li>From the moving of the Brighton Beach Hotel on Coney Island to the dedication of the statue of <em>Liberty Enlightening the World...</em> </li><li>From the bustling green market and waterfront of Halifax to the tranquil shores of Cold Spring Harbor Long Island ... you won't want to leave.</li></ul></li></ul><p></p><p><strong>Meet the storytellers:</strong></p><ul><li><ul><li>Discreet unruffled ELEANOR who keeps the Queen Hotel's books and one or two of its secrets</li><li>Forthright MAGGIE who's undaunted by her difficult beginnings and unfazed by the oddities of the hotel's guests</li><li>Enigmatic SARAH who's buoyed by her new employment as an artisan and burdened by her past</li><li>Chatty young MATILDA from the African Nova Scotian farming community of Preston and her tiny observant Mi'kmaw friend HANAH from across the harbour in Turtle Grove who together notice everything that goes on at the green market</li><li>Thrill-seeking JENNIE who's never seen a pocket or a mirror reflection that she didn't like</li><li>And perceptive empathetic FRED who's seeking atonement the only way she knows how</li></ul></li></ul><p></p><p>If you liked the friendships mystery and atmosphere of <em>The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society </em>and <em>A Gentleman in Moscow</em> you'll love <em>Mrs. Walford.</em></p>