Along an elm-canopied
boulevard rising from a quaint Finger Lakes village
stands a magnificent Queen Anne-style house. In the summer of 1920, when Mame
McGrath and her family move in across the street, she notices a catatonic young
man rocking on its wraparound porch. Mame, a newly hired elementary school
teacher, proclaims boldly that she can, and will, restore this man’s
psyche—devastated by a drowning in Keuka Lake . What she doesn't anticipate is that he and this house will become the
center of her life.
The House With the Wraparound Porch weaves a riveting tale of the four generations to whom this home becomes more than a shelter from life’s storms. It houses their memories of triumphs and failures, of joys and sorrows that ripple across nine decades. Though many will move on, this house will always be a part of them, because it resides always within the deep heart's core.
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Thanks so much for the post, Donna. This book is very special to me, based on the home of my grandparents. I think all will enjoy meeting the McNamara sisters.
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