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A review by carolyn0613
House of Glass by Susan Fletcher
5.0
I've read Corrag and Let Me Tell You About a Man I Know by Susan Fletcher and I love her beautiful descriptive writing. House of Glass does not disappoint.
It's an intriguing story about a young woman, Clara with brittle bone disease who has led a sheltered life. After the death of her mother, she finds comfort in the glass house at Kew Gardens, learning about the exotic plants. She gets a job creating a tropical garden in the newly built glass house of a country house. On arrival, she finds mysterious events unravelling around her and looks to find out what is happening - the rumours being that the house is haunted by its previous owner Veronique Pettigrew. The current owner is also mysterious - curiously absent on her arrival, disinterested in the wonderful garden Clara is creating, and the voluble housekeeper seems to be covering up a torment.
The descriptions of the hot summer of 1914 are beautifully done. The depiction of the atmosphere and setting is effortlessly intertwined with the plot. We are not just reading pages of description - the mysterious noises late at night are heart-racingly in contrast with the heat and lethargy of the following day.
It's an intriguing story about a young woman, Clara with brittle bone disease who has led a sheltered life. After the death of her mother, she finds comfort in the glass house at Kew Gardens, learning about the exotic plants. She gets a job creating a tropical garden in the newly built glass house of a country house. On arrival, she finds mysterious events unravelling around her and looks to find out what is happening - the rumours being that the house is haunted by its previous owner Veronique Pettigrew. The current owner is also mysterious - curiously absent on her arrival, disinterested in the wonderful garden Clara is creating, and the voluble housekeeper seems to be covering up a torment.
The descriptions of the hot summer of 1914 are beautifully done. The depiction of the atmosphere and setting is effortlessly intertwined with the plot. We are not just reading pages of description - the mysterious noises late at night are heart-racingly in contrast with the heat and lethargy of the following day.