Description
On an island off the coast of County Cork, in the summer of 1904, Sarah Pollexfen arrives at the great house of Carriglas to serve as governess to her wealthy cousins—young Villana, Lionel, and John James—just as preparations for a wedding and the building of a new bridge begin to reshape the estate’s future. As the family’s routines tighten around celebration and duty, Sarah gradually uncovers the buried history of the children and the estate’s earlier catastrophe, including the long-ago murder of the beloved butler Linchy. William Trevor’s signature, sharply observed narrative voice turns the familiar “Big House” setting into a stage for moral unease, where silence, inheritance, and power determine what can—and cannot—be spoken. Blending suspense with psychological depth, the novel explores how class, family loyalty, and the past’s unresolved violence echo through generations, leaving even the most controlled household haunted by what it tries to conceal.
Available Editions
paperback
Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
Published Jan 1, 2019
204 pages
ISBN: 9781504058131
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Details
First Published
1988
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Silence in the Garden by William Trevor.