@Dalis
1893
The book opens with a death, but we do not mourn the deceased (an abusive man, though at least a rich one). It’s his widow, Cora Seaborne, we care about. She ditches her whalebone corset for an oversize coat to go fossil-hunting in the Blackwater marshes of Essex with her son. He’s clearly on the autism spectrum, even if it’s never directly said, and his watchful presence is a source of both anguish and comfort to those around him.
Cora blossoms in widowhood. It’s a pleasure to behold. Her husband was a monster......
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