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Animals at Lockwood Manor
Animals at Lockwood Manor | Jane Healey
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A debut novel for fans of Sarah Perry and Kate Morton: when a young woman is tasked with safeguarding a natural history collection as it is spirited out of London during World War II, she discovers her new manor home is a place of secrets (…more)
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shanaqui
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I just accidentally read this almost all in one go (while nursing my pain at the France v Wales rugby game 😢) and... On the one hand, I can't put my finger on anything I would call out as being particularly good, but at the same time, I just read it in about 2.5 hours, almost without stopping. It cast its own spell.

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Aussie_SFF
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A Gothic tale set in an old country manor in rural England with a cast of characters from a dying age. The lord of the manor is a dominating, colonialist, misogynist who rules the lives of all the women in his employ and his daughter with belittlement and scorn. When the mammal collection is sent to be housed in the manor with a woman to manage it, Hetty Cartwright, sparks will fly. Then she falls for the daughter Lucy.
3/5 Stars.

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ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled
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Gothic novel set during WWII - museum collection evacuated from London to Lockwood Manor. Lucy, suffering from nightmares, knows there is a malevolent presence in the house stalking her.
Perfect book for me!

Tamra Stacked! 5y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled @Tamra Yay!! I‘m ridiculously giddy about starting this one. 5y
Soubhiville Sounds cool, and I love your collection! 5y
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ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled @Soubhiville Thanks! Glad my husband and I share an idea of “decor” 🤦‍♀️ 5y
Sace Your posts are dangerous to my TBR! 🤣 5y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled @Sace mwah ha ha!!! *rubs hands together deviously* 5y
LeahBergen This sounds great! 5y
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coffees
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I randomly picked this one up and I'm not sure how to feel. I only got to read the excerpt and it reads slowly but it has a lot of aspects I'm wanting to read, like the ww2 #historicalfiction and possibly gay vibes?! I haven't seen anyone tag it LGBT but Miss Hetty calling Lucy beautiful? HMMM #animals #bookishfirst #arc

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