The Old Fire Catherine Chidgey Balancing style with substance

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The Old Fire Catherine Chidgey Balancing style with substanceThe building looks tired, the ivy covered roof sagging above the brick work, like a weary giant gasping for breath. There's a car parked under the hazelnut tree. Bracken forces its way between the cracks in the front steps. Through the window, I can see a light inside. In the wake of her father's death, Agathe leaves New York and returns to her childhood home in the French countryside, after fifteen years away. Agathe and her sister Vera have not seen