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It’s 1953, and for Nick Taylor, WWII veteran turned company lawyer, oil is the key to the future. He takes the train into the city for work and returns to the peaceful streets of the suburbs and to his wife, Bet, former codebreaker now housewife, and their two children, Katherine and Harry. Nick comes from humble origins but thanks to his work for American Oil, he can provide every comfort for his family, including Last House, a secluded country escape. Deep in the Vermont mountains, the Taylors are free from the stresses of modern life.

Set at the end of World War II, in a crumbling Bavarian castle that once played host to all of German high society, a powerful and propulsive story of three widows whose lives and fates become intertwined - an affecting, shocking, and ultimately redemptive novel from the author of the New York Times notable book The Hazards of Good Breeding.

This "richly appointed and generously portrayed" ( Kirkus Reviews) debut novel tells the story of a WASPy, old-Boston family coming face-to-face with an America much larger than the one it was born in. Caroline Dunlap has written off the insular world of the Boston deb parties, golf club luaus, and WASP weddings that she grew up with. But when she reluctantly returns home after her college graduation, she finds that not everything is quite as predictable, or protected, as she had imagined.

Tre kvinder, alle hjemsøgt af fortidens hemmeligheder. Umiddelbart efter Anden Verdenskrigs afslutning vender Marianne von Schneesingen tilbage til det forfaldne slot, hvor hun før krigen afholdt store fester for den tyske overklasse. Marianne er enke efter en modstandsmand, og hun har lovet at samle andre enker efter modstandsfolk på slottet. Men Marianne opdager snart, at verden har ændret sig i en grad, hun ikke troede mulig. "Kvinderne på slottet" er en fængslende og stemningsfyldt fortælling fra en af historiens mest turbulente perioder.