The Photograph Upstairs

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Summary: Newport Rocks!
Review: I am a Newport-phile - anything related to the "cottages" and the gilded era of that time has my complete and undivided attention. As you can imagine, when visiting The Elms, how excited I was to see this book written by a descendent of the Prescotts. Having just visited The Elms I could conjure up the image of each scene set in the mansion in the past. Ms. McAndrews did an excellent job of taking you back in time. I just wished she had done a better job with the present. She took a beautiful, nostalgic piece of historical fiction and pock marked it with gratuitous sex scenes. Yes, sex sells, but why mare the memory of her ancestors with it?

Rating:
Summary: Newport Rocks!
Review: I am a Newport-phile - anything related to the "cottages" and the gilded era of that time has my complete and undivided attention. As you can imagine, when visiting The Elms, how excited I was to see this book written by a descendent of the Prescotts. Having just visited The Elms I could conjure up the image of each scene set in the mansion in the past. Ms. McAndrews did an excellent job of taking you back in time. I just wished she had done a better job with the present. She took a beautiful, nostalgic piece of historical fiction and pock marked it with gratuitous sex scenes. Yes, sex sells, but why mare the memory of her ancestors with it?