The beekeeper's daughter
By: Santa Montefiore
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 389
ISBN-13: 9781476735412
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Fiction; Mothers and daughters; Man-woman relationships; Family secrets
Other titles: Bee-keeper's daughter
Description: "England, 193[3]. Grace Hamblin is growing up on the beautiful estate of the Marquiss and Marchioness of Penselwood. The beekeeper's daughter, she knows her place and her future--that is until her father dies and leaves her alone. Her childhood friend Freddie has recently become her lover, and she is thankful when they are able to marry and take over her father's duties ... Massachusetts, 1973. Grace's daughter Trixie Valentine is in love with an unsuitable boy. Jasper Duncliffe is wild and romantic, and in a band that might be going somewhere. But when his brother dies and he is called home to England, Jasper promises to come back for Trixie one day, if only she will wait for him"--