In the compelling new novel, the author of two understanding PBC successes, The Pink House and No Trumpet Before Him, tells the story of the glamourous, gifted family who were on top of their world- until a mysterious change came over one of them. Distinguished by the fine writting and moving, human drama readers have come to expect from Nelia Gardner White, The Thorn Tree reveals her insight into yet another facet of our life today. For in this new bestseller, Mrs. White ot only writes knowingly of the people of a small American town but also portrays the more complex, cosmopolitan life of the city dwellers.

In New York- that city of the will-o'-the-wisp hopes and all-too-rare success- "The Fabulous Doorns" were a uniquely fortunate family. Marcy was a successful fashion designer; her brother David was a well known artist; and Elspeth, the beauty, was the wife of the famous composer, John Esker. Though their careers were demanding, the Doorns were an unusually close-nit family, secure in their love for each other. Not even Elspeth's happy marriage and her move with John to a New England farm changed that. The Doorns simply widened their charmed circle to take John in.

John Esker's sudden, untimely death shattered that golden spell, for it turned Elspeth into a stranger to Macrcy and David. Denying their sorrow and her own, she seemed to move in some serene, untroubled world. But what could have happened in the last days, the last hours of John's life to change her so? What had impelled her to destroy John's portrait, to give away his music?

In their anxiety and helplessness, Marcy and David turned to John's only brother, Sabastian. Sabastian had fallen in love with Elspeth long ago. He hadrelinquesed her to John,but he had never ceases to love her. And now her dark hints of disillusionment were challenging his absolute faith in his brother. For all their sakes, he must learn the truth. And so, guided by his memories and by one fragile clue, he set out to uncover the missing chapter in his brother's life, the key to Elspeth's retreat from love...

Book details

• Format Hardcover
• Pages315 pages
• LanguageEnglish
• ISBN100670704822
• ISBN139780670704828