Rent Keeping the House

Synopsis

Keeping the House is a big-hearted novel about women's lives, with big themes of love, sex, wartime heroism, broken hearts, and second chances. When newly-wed Dolly Magnuson moves to 1950s Pine Rapids, Wisconsin, she discovers that making marriage work is harder than it looks in the pages of the Ladies Home Journal. As she adapts to her new life her restless imagination is seized by an abandoned house that belongs to the once-prominent Mickelson family. When she trespasses in the mansion, she is discovered by the troubled grandson, JJ Mickleson. Ultimately, JJ reveals the fascinating story of his family's downfall, and both Dolly and JJ will likewise discover the truths of their own lives and feelings.

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