The Cemetery Keeper's Wife -- Maryann McFadden

<p>What happens when the line between the past and the present begins to blur...</p><p>Rachel Miller is on the cusp of a new life when she moves to <strong>Union Cemetery </strong>after marrying Adam, the 7^th generation cemetery keeper. Though she's known him only twelve weeks, his tender love seems like a miracle of fate after her years alone.</p><p>On her first walk through the lush and silent grounds of her new home, Rachel discovers a stunning monument to <strong>Tillie Smith, </strong> who died in <strong>1886.</strong> Reading the words carved into the stone, "<strong>She Died in Defence of Her Honor,"</strong> Rachel is overcome by a powerful memory buried deep in her past.</p><p>A series of uncanny coincidences linked to Tillie Smith follows, setting Rachel on a journey that grows into an obsession: Why did the murder of a poor kitchen maid at the local seminary become a national sensation? Why were people in town trying to keep her from finding the truth? But most disturbing of all, why was Tillie reawakening a past Rachel chose to bury long ago. A past that could threaten her marriage.</p><p><em><strong>The Cemetery Keeper's Wife</strong> </em>poignantly blends fact and fiction as two women scarred by shame, and separated by more than a century, reach across time to rewrite history.</p><p> </p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Maryann McFadden<br><b>Publisher:</b> Three Women Press<br><b>Published:</b> 05/08/2018<br><b>Pages:</b> 362<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperba