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Confinement (Shannon Ravenel Books)
by Carrie Brown

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Edition: Hardcover
Publisher: A Shannon Ravenel Book (2004-01-03)
ISBN-10/ISBN-13: 156512393X / 9781565123939
Amazon.com Sales Rank: 2261778
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“Arthur and his son Toby are rescued from 1946 London, (and) spirited away by a wealthy couple. Arthur and Toby soon realize the dark secrets of their adoptive family carry burdens as well. Young Aggie, the family's only child, brings them true joy—but her love leads to further loss and angst for Arthur. I am as haunted by Arthur as he is by his memories of the Austrian Holocaust.”

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On a snowy night in the winter of 1946, Arthur Henning arrives at a New York banker's country estate. All he has with him are his young son, his sewing machine, and the painful history of the refugee—the home in Vienna he left behind, the wife and infant daughter who perished in Lonon's blitz, and the relatives and friends who disappeared into the abyss of the Holocaust. He has come to begin a new life and to forget.

Once an expert tailor, now he is employed as a chauffeur. He drives Mr. Duvall to work in the city, Mrs. Duvall to her shopping, their daughter, Agatha, to school. The job gives Arthur solace. There's a cottage for him and his son, Toby, to live in, congeniality in the mansion's kitchen with the other servants, pleasure in watching Toby grow up alongside charming little Agatha. And so there he remains for nearly a decade, hidden, unable to confront his shattered faith, his fear, and the measure of everything he has lost.

Hidden, that is, until life steps in to release Arthur from his seclusion. On orders from Mr. Duvall, he must drive Agatha to her own confinement in that peculiarly evil American institution of the 1950s, a home for unwed mothers. The Duvalls' plan to give the baby away shocks Arthur from his emotional slumber. The story of these two people—a man who has lost his past and a girl who is forced to give up her future—winds its way to a conclusion that is both inevitable and wholly unpredictable.

Infused with her trademark haunting sensibility, Carrie Brown's fourth novel is a deeply moving tale of the small miracles and large revelations of love.


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