Burning Marguerite by Inness-Brown, Elizabeth - 2002

New York: Knopf, 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 237 pages;orange boards with red cloth spiine. Book and DJ are in as new condition. Dust Jacket is covered with clear mylar (Brodart) protector. From DJ flap..."Waking to the chill of a snow-cloaked morning, carpenter James Jack Wright finds ninety-four-year-old Marguerite Deo lying dead in the woods outside his cabin. As he confronts the mystery of her death, why would Marguerite, his Tante since his infancy, walk out into the cold winter night? An unexpected tale unfolds, moving from the present back to James Jack’s childhood, to New Orleans during the Depression and World War II, and finally to a windswept New England island at the turn of the century. At the heart of the story are a forbidden love, a violent crime kept secret for years, and above all, Marguerite’s relationship with a little boy named James Jack, a bond that deepens after a terrible accident changes both their lives forever." 8vo.