Do naught wrong by the mulberry tree, or she'll take your daughters ... one, two, three.Ten-year-old Immy and her family run away from their storm cloud of problems to a tiny village in Cambridgeshire, England. When they find an adorable thatched cottage to begin a perfect new life in, the only down
The Mulberry Tree
β Scribed by Deveraux, Jude
- Book ID
- 109944630
- Publisher
- Atria Books
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 615 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780743459143
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
He needed me.
For nearly twenty years, those three words dictated the life of Lillian Manville. Quiet, unassuming, and overweight, Lillian did anything and everything to please her husband, the illustrious self-made billionaire James Manville. Since the tender age of seventeen, she had obeyed this powerful older man's every command and in return she received a life beyond her wildest dreams. Elaborate mansions. Trips around the world. The finest jewels and the most luxurious fashions.
_Whatever I wanted,
he gave me long before I knew I wanted it._
But when Jimmie dies suddenly in a plane crash, Lillian's pampered life comes to an abrupt halt. She learns that Jimmie has bequeathed all of his riches to his devious siblings, Atlanta and Ray. All, that is, except an old farmhouse in small-town Calburn, Virginia. Although Lillian is devastated by Jimmie's death and apparent betrayal, she soon discovers a well of secrets connected to Jimmie's past that originate i...
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