The amber keeper

Resource Information

The work The amber keeper represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Vaughan Public Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The amber keeper

Statement of responsibility

Freda Lightfoot

Creator

• Lightfoot, Freda, 1942-

Author

• Lightfoot, Freda, 1942-

Subject

• Family secrets -- Fiction
• Domestic fiction
• Lake District (England) -- Fiction
• Russia -- History -- Nicholas II, 1894-1917 -- Fiction
• Families -- Fiction
• Russia -- History -- 1904-1914 -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• Domestic fiction

Language

eng

Summary

Set against the backdrop of revolutionary Russia, The Amber Keeper is a sweeping tale of jealousy and revenge, reconciliation and forgiveness. English Lake District, 1960s: A young Abbie Myers returns home after learning of her mother's death. Estranged from her turbulent family for many years, Abbie is heartbroken to hear that they blame her for the tragedy. Determined to uncover her mother's past, Abbie approaches her beloved grandmother, Millie, in search of answers. As the old woman recounts her own past, Abbie is transported back to the grandeur of the Russian Empire in 1911 with tales of her grandmother's life as a governess and the revolution that exploded around her. As Abbie struggles to reconcile with her family, and to support herself and her child, she realizes that those long-ago events created aftershocks that threaten to upset the fragile peace she longs to create

Cataloging source

lbi

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

Literary form

fiction

Target audience

general