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In a richly painted New England town, a young woman who once dreamed of English country estates returns home with a vision for her family’s humble property. She transforms the modest grounds into a sprawling, museum‑like park, filling it with exotic paintings and curiosities collected by her late sea‑captain father. Marrying into the respectable Jerrold banking family, she brings the elegance of European hospitality to the heart of Boston, while her new husband, Burton, carries the quiet dignity of a man raised on a nearby farm.

Against this backdrop of ambition and tradition, the novel introduces the spirited Bessie, whose fortunes become tangled with the Jerrolds’ world of wealth, duty, and hidden sorrow. As the family navigates expectations, old secrets, and the pull between city and country, listeners are drawn into a layered portrait of love, aspiration, and the delicate balance between inherited legacy and personal desire.

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