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MRS. WALFORD
Shrouding a past. Embracing a future.
​​Without family or friends, health or hope, Sadie Walford arrives at the Queen Hotel already contemplating a drastic next step. But she hasn't counted on the likes of Eleanor, the hotel's no-nonsense bookkeeper, or Maggie, the annoyingly helpful head maid, who both have other ideas.
A chance encounter with a thief sets events in motion, and Sadie will be forced to choose: How far is she willing to go to conceal her past, preserve her freedom, and claim the future she desires?
Inspired by actual events, this epistolary tale of heartbreak, healing, and hope unfolds through journal entries, letters, recollections and accounts. Set in Halifax, Manhattan, and on Long Island during the Gilded Age, Mrs. Walford is a story of found family, love delayed, and the power of friendship in turbulent times.
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Enter the world of Mrs. Walford
​​​​​​​​From a raucous boarding house in verdant Flushing, New York,
to the upscale Queen Hotel in Halifax, Nova Scotia...
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From the heavenly windows department of Louis C. Tiffany's
glass and decorating company in Manhattan,
to​ a doctor's private practice in a quiet Brooklyn brownstone...​​
From the moving of the Brighton Beach Hotel on Coney Island,
to the dedication of the statue of Liberty Enlightening the World...
From the bustling green market and waterfront of Halifax,
to the tranquil shores of Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island... ​
You won't want to leave.
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Meet the storytellers
Discreet, unruffled ELEANOR, who keeps the Queen Hotel's books,
and one or two of its secrets
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Forthright MAGGIE, who's undaunted by her difficult beginnings and
unfazed by the oddities of the hotel's guests​
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Chatty young MATILDA from Preston,
and her tiny observant Mi'kmaw friend HANAH from Turtle Grove,
who together notice everything that goes on at the
Halifax green market
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Thrill-seeking JENNIE, who's never seen a pocket, or a mirror reflection, that she didn't like
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Enigmatic SARAH, who's buoyed by her new employment as an artisan,
and burdened by her past
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​And perceptive, empathetic FRED, who's seeking atonement
the only way she knows how​​​​​
25% of the author's royalty
from the sale of all print and ebooks will be donated to Ovarian Cancer Canada
ovariancanada.org