![]() ![]() Grace's story weaves its way through Mattie's, staying in the background but providing impetus. ![]() In 1906, Grace Brown was killed by Chester Gillette because she was poor and pregnant, and he hoped to make his fortune by marrying a rich, society girl. This is a breathtaking tale, complex and often earthy, wrapped around a true story. Then, before she can comply, Grace's body is found in the lake, and the young man who was with her disappears, also presumably drowned. Now, Mattie has promised Grace Brown, a guest at the Adirondack summer resort where she works, to burn two bundles of letters. She promises to marry handsome Royal Loomis even though he doesn't appear to love her. ![]() She is stuck on a farm, living in near poverty, with no way of escaping, even though she has been accepted at Barnard College. Mattie Gokey, 16, a talented writer, promised her dying mother that she would always take care of her father and younger siblings. ![]()
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