bittersweet by miranda beverly whittemore

The assumption is that Cassie's father was the product of a whirlwind affair between Jack and June, back when St. Mourning not only June's death but also the recent deterioration of their relationship, Cassie is befuddled to discover that she may be a bona fide heiress, as Hollywood legend Jack Montgomery has left her his entire fortune. The house was willed to her by her recently deceased grandmother June, who raised her. Jude, Ohio, in the crumbling manse called Two Oaks. The present-day tale centers on 25-year-old Cassie, holed up in St. If you have not yet purchased a copy of the original book, please do before purchasing this unofficial Conversation Starters.Beverly-Whittemore (Bittersweet) offers up two interconnected tales of family secrets, 60 summers apart. Explore unseen realms of the book as never seen beforeĭisclaimer: This book you are about to enjoy is an independent resource to supplement the original book, enhancing your experience of Bittersweet.Assist in the study of the book, either individually or corporately.Promote an atmosphere of discussion for groups.Foster a deeper understanding of the book.The characters and their world come alive,Īnd the characters and its world still live on.Ĭonversation Starters is peppered with questions designed toĪnd invite us into the world that lives on. Before she knows it, she has everything she’s ever wanted: friendship, a boyfriend, access to wealth, and, most of all, for the first time in her life, the sense that she belongs.īut as Mabel becomes an insider, a terrible discovery leads to shocking violence and reveals what the Winslows may have done to keep their power intact - and what they might do to anyone who threatens them. Mabel must choose: either expose the ugliness surrounding her and face expulsion from paradise, or keep the family’s dark secrets and make Ev's world her own.ĮVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER On scholarship at a prestigious East Coast college, ordinary Mabel Dagmar is surprised to befriend her roommate, the beautiful, wild, blue-blooded Genevra Winslow. Ev invites Mabel to spend the summer at Bittersweet, her cottage on the Vermont estate where her family has been holding court for more than a century it’s the kind of place where children twirl sparklers across the lawn during cocktail hour. Mabel falls in love with midnight skinny-dipping, the wet dog smell that lingers near the yachts, and the moneyed laughter that carries across the still lake while fireworks burst overhead. Suspenseful and cinematic, Bittersweet exposes the gothic underbelly of an idyllic world of privilege and an outsider’s hunger to belong. Bittersweet by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore | Conversation Starters

Bittersweet by miranda beverly whittemore