First published 2019
Hepzibah Pyncheon opens the shutters of her family's ancestral home after decades of isolation. The seven-gabled house carries the weight of generations, its dark corners holding secrets of wrongdoing and vengeance that refuse to stay buried. As Hepzibah struggles to make ends meet by opening a small shop, she must confront the sins that have shadowed her bloodline for centuries. The arrival of her young cousin Phoebe brings light to the gloomy dwelling, but even her cheerful presence cannot dispel the legacy of guilt that haunts every room. When her brother Clifford returns after years of imprisonment, the past and present collide in ways that will determine whether the Pyncheon family can break free from the cycle of retribution that has defined them. At its heart, this is a story about the weight of inherited guilt and the possibility of redemption.
Genres: american-fiction, historical-fiction, 19th-century, gothic
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, emotional
Tropes: cycle-of-retribution, past-and-present, weight-of-the-past
Setting: House of the Seven Gables
Period: 19th-century
334 pages · Paperback · Independently published