China Court: the hours of a country house
"China Court is the story of the hours and days of a country house in Cornwall, and five generations of the family who inhabited it. First we meet Ripsie, once an outsider orphan who rose to become a powerful matriarch, and her granddaughter Tracy, the daughter of a film star raised abroad, who returns to her adored family home--China Court--following her grandmother’s death. As Tracy fights to save the old house, her ancestors reveal themselves; family history unfurls; hearts are broken; treasures are discovered; redemption and hope prevail. Or so it seems at first glance"--Publisher's description.