![]() ![]() ![]() We cling to our history with equal parts pride and shame. And I knew it would be set in the South, because in the South we understand history and tragedy and obsessive love. ![]() So when I first began imagining Summer in the South, I knew it would have elements of the Gothic novels that I had devoured in my youth – the stranger trying to escape her own past, an old but impressive manor house, an aristocratic family struggling with the romance and tragedy of their past. I knew when I read Du Maurier that she had read Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre and loved them as much as I did. I loved the spectacular settings, the lonely windswept seacoast, the ancient manor house falling into a state of ruin, the prominent family tied as much to their fabled past, as to the land. I loved the elements of mystery and passionate love in her novels, the way the dead often encroach upon the lives of the living. ![]() Cathy joins us today with a guest post entitled The Madwoman in the Attic…Īs a girl, I loved reading the novels of Daphne du Maurier. Hey everyone, join me in welcoming Cathy Holton, author of Summer in the South, to Peeking Between the Pages today! I’m really happy to have Cathy here, first because I’m very excited to read her newest novel, Summer in the South (my review will be up next Friday), but also because she’s an author that has been on my favorites list since reading Beach Trip by her ( my review). ![]()
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