Book description
I>rewrites Jane's 'Happily Ever After' as a twisted tale of
interrupted bliss, haunting pasts, and frightening vendettas that follow
the Rochesters to their newly rebuilt home. Old wounds are re-opened,
grudges once thought buried resurface, and accusations abound, resulting
in a mysterious, fast-paced re-imagining of a timeless favourite. I>
Jane found Mr Rochester, blinded and crippled by the fire that destroyed
Thornfield Hall? After the death of his wife freed him to marry his
young love, and the destruction of his home and estate forced the two of
them to start life anew? Hilary Bailey answers these questions and
brings in a plot of her own with this sequel to the Bronte classic. She
builds a new world for the new Mrs Rochester, centred on her husband,
whose sight is slowly healing and whose attitude is forever changed by
being happy in love, and her young son, the joy of both his parents. For
ten years after Thornfield Hall and all it stood for crumbled, Jane and
Mr Rochester live in wedded bliss, spending their days in an idyllic
family unit at the small manor of Ferndean. But when Mr Rochester
decides to rebuild Thornfield Hall, Jane fears the ghosts that might be
brought back with it, and her fears are not unfounded.
Mrs Rochester after<
I>rewrites Jane's 'Happily Ever After' as a twisted
tale of interrupted bliss, haunting pasts, and frightening vendettas
that follow the Rochesters to their newly rebuilt home. Old wounds are
re-opened, grudges once thought buried resurface, and accusations
abound, resulting in a mysterious, fast-paced re-imagining of a
timeless favourite. I> Jane found Mr Rochester, blinded and
crippled by the fire that destroyed Thornfield Hall? After the death
of his wife freed him to marry his young love, and the destruction of
his home and estate forced the two of them to start life anew? Hilary
Bailey answers these questions and brings in a plot of her own with
this sequel to the Bronte classic. She builds a new world for the new
Mrs Rochester, centred on her husband, whose sight is slowly healing
and whose attitude is forever changed by being happy in love, and her
young son, the joy of both his parents. For ten years after Thornfield
Hall and all it stood for crumbled, Jane and Mr Rochester live in
wedded bliss, spending their days in an idyllic family unit at the
small manor of Ferndean. But when Mr Rochester decides to rebuild
Thornfield Hall, Jane fears the ghosts that might be brought back with
it, and her fears are not unfounded. Mrs Rochester after<
