{"id":3207,"date":"2015-03-16T17:31:56","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T17:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=3207"},"modified":"2015-03-30T21:56:38","modified_gmt":"2015-03-30T21:56:38","slug":"the-secret-of-pembrooke-park-by-julie-klassen-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=3207","title":{"rendered":"The Secret of Pembrooke Park by Julie Klassen"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This novel is set in England during the early 1800s.\u00a0 Sisters Abigail and Louisa remain unmarried despite a sizable dowry until a poor investment forces the family to sell their London house and let (rent) the home of a distant relative they don’t even know in a small village outside London.\u00a0 Younger sister Louisa initially remains in London with her mother for her season while older, responsible Abigail heads to Pembrooke Park with her father to set up their new home, despite the disappointment of leaving long-time friend, Gilbert, before his tour of Italy and\u00a0without an offer of marriage. \u00a0Upon arriving at Pembrooke Park, she finds an old estate perfectly preserved from the last family living there. \u00a0It looked as if the family had fled suddenly, leaving behind everything just as they were using it. \u00a0Rumor has it there is hidden treasure in the haunted house, but nobody in the village will talk about it. \u00a0The past, the family, the treasure remain a mystery until Abigail starts receiving anonymous letters, possibly written by a former occupant. \u00a0As the intriguing story unfolds, does Abigail find love in unexpected places? \u00a0Can she overcome her insecurity about her younger, more beautiful sister? \u00a0And, is there really a secret room with hidden treasure?\u00a0 You will just have to read it and see. \u00a0I promise you won’t be disappointed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This novel is set in England during the early 1800s.\u00a0 Sisters Abigail and Louisa remain unmarried despite a sizable dowry until a poor investment forces the family to sell their London house and let (rent) the home of a distant relative they don’t even know in a small village outside London.\u00a0 Younger sister Louisa initially … Continue reading The Secret of Pembrooke Park by Julie Klassen<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,8,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-books-for-adults","category-fiction","category-reviewed-by-lisa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3207\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}