Sarah has an undying interest in the long closed and dilapidated Ambergate
Lunatic Asylum in London. Snooping
around the battered rooms to find details of the lives of those left to endure
an unsympathetic existence, not only does Sarah find a friend, a pile of
leftover suitcases with clues, her father’s past as a doctor, and the man she
will fall in love with.
Most suitcases held miscellaneous personal items, never returned to the
inmates, yet the key to a certain piece of luggage opened Sarah’s curiosity about
a yellowed wedding dress and a painting.
Sarah enlisted a fellow librarian, Matt, to help her dig up the
history of the asylum patients. She eventually
enjoyed the time she spent with him to do her project, his wit and helpfulness,
his caring ways.
So many lives changed because of the what Sarah uncovered. Sarah’s father had been a doctor at the
asylum. He had a connection with the
woman and the faded wedding dress. A
vagrant who lived in the rundown building needed to find his way home, and the
lives of many of the patients turned toward love and friendship when Sarah
revealed the secrets held in the dreary walls of the asylum, ready for demolition
and a fresh start.
A poignant story based on the
early lack of knowledge of those who aren’t like everyone else. Love heals a lot.
Happy reading,
Dawn
