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The Word Keepers

by Kate Gawi

A publishing dynasty’s buried history

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A publishing dynasty’s buried history

Eleanor Carling’s position at the head of a major New York publishing house gives her present-day power, but an unexpected manuscript turns her attention toward the family history she has left unresolved. Returning to her childhood home with friends Jet and Georgina, she investigates secrets linked to earlier generations and their pursuit of status. The story connects that family reckoning with two contrasting settings: post-war Newport in the 1940s and the modern French Riviera. Its central concerns include class divisions, inherited trauma, ambition, and the ways confronting the past can reshape the present.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers interested in family secrets and intergenerational history.
  • For readers drawn to fiction about publishing, class, and social ambition.
  • For readers who enjoy stories moving between historical and contemporary settings.

Themes

Family secretsClass differencesIntergenerational traumaSocial ambitionConfronting the past

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Book overview

Old World Glamour - Family Secrets - Class DifferencesShe was yet to discover the biggest best seller of all: the story of her past.

 

 

Eleanor Carling, the elegant but reserved founder of New York's largest publishing house, seems to have it all - wealth, power, and success. But when an unexpected manuscript lands in her hands, she is forced to face her past. With her colourful friends Jet and Georgina, she returns to Riverstone Hall, her childhood home shrouded in buried family secrets. As they unravel the layers of the past and uncover hidden truths, she confronts deep scars, resulting from ruthless ambition and social climbing from generations before. Eleanor learns that the quest for status can take dangerous turns, but every unfolding secret holds the power to change the present.

Set against the backdrop of an opulent 1940s post-war Newport and a glamorous modern-day French Riviera, "Word Keepers" explores class clashes and the lasting impacts of trauma, revealing that love may just require facing the truth."A charming and heart-wrenching story set in glamorous surroundings and three different timelines. Fabulous banter among a group of friends that makes you want to be a part of them! Described as Sex and the City meets The Notebook"
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