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The House of Vandekar
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The House of Vandekar

Author: Evelyn Anthony
Publisher: New York : Harper Paperbacks, 1990, ©1988.
Edition/Format: Book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The marriage of Boston debutante Alice Holmes Fry and Hugo Vandekar, in 1934, is marred by her averson to sex. They purchase a magnificent estate called Ashdown, where Alice gives birth to Fern, a child she shuns. During World War II, Ashdown is temporarily converted into a convalescent home for officers, one of whom becomes Alice's pet patient and father of her illegitimate son, Richard. The Vandekars' strained  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Romantic suspense fiction.
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Evelyn Anthony
ISBN: 0061000507 9780061000508
OCLC Number: 22280626
Description: 405 p.
Responsibility: Evelyn Anthony.

Abstract:

The marriage of Boston debutante Alice Holmes Fry and Hugo Vandekar, in 1934, is marred by her averson to sex. They purchase a magnificent estate called Ashdown, where Alice gives birth to Fern, a child she shuns. During World War II, Ashdown is temporarily converted into a convalescent home for officers, one of whom becomes Alice's pet patient and father of her illegitimate son, Richard. The Vandekars' strained relations worsen when Richard (Alice's favorite) marries nymphomaniac Diana Brayley, and Fern (Hugo's favorite) weds struggling artist Brian Kiernan. Eventually, Diana's infidelities destroy Richard, and, after the family discovers her shocking liaison with Brian, she dies suddenly at Ashdown. Years later, Nancy, Diana's daughter, warily investigates her mother's death, unearthing the surprising identity of her killer.

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