Judith Miller, In the Company of Secrets
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In The Company Of Secrets Judith Miller
In the Company of Secrets
Judith Miller
Bethany House, Apr 2007, $13.99
ISBN: 0764202766
In the 1880s in London, Olivia Mott works in the exclusive Spencer home, but when she rejects the sexual advances of highly-regarded Chef Mallard, she finds herself in jeopardy of losing her position. However, she gets lucky when pregnant single Lady Charlotte Spencer decides to go to America to find the father of her unborn child; she wants Olivia along as her companion.
They reach factory town Pullman, Illinois, where the prime factory is and those who work for the company of the same name live. Under Charlotte's direction, Olivia hides her past and obtains work as an assistant chef at the Florence. One lie leads to another and soon Olivia feels engulfed in the well-meaning Charlotte's web of deceit as she falls in love with sincere town manager Samuel Howard.
This is an interesting historical tale that brings to life a company town through the deep support cast and the reactions of the two female English newcomers to Pullman. Olivia is a delightful protagonist who detests the mendacious background that necessity being the mother of invention has forced her and Charlotte to create. Readers will appreciate this Postcards from Pullman tale as Judith Miller vividly brings to life late-nineteenth-century Americana.
Harriet Klausner
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