By Patience and by Paper
Volume III
By Harbour and by Hearth
A drawer of letters nobody opens. A packet of letters nobody sent. The post runs both ways, and it is very patient.
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A river swum, a promise kept at a price mentioned to nobody, and a ship named for the colour of somebody's eyes.
The final volume, in which every account, however old and however far off, is presented at last for payment. Some of them fall due in Derbyshire. Some of them fall due a great deal further away.
- Length
- About 114,000 words
- Angst
- Medium to high
- Reader advisory
- Bereavement, an epidemic, and the historical practice of sati and the movement that ended it. Handled with care, and with decorum. Bring two handkerchiefs.
- Happily ever after
- Yes, long delayed and well earned.