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1960s: A story of a family and a house over fifty years and three generations
The Treasures
What you need to know before your trail
On the eve of her sixteenth birthday, Alice Jansen collects her treasures – the keepsakes, figurines and mementoes that help her make sense of her fragile family. But the next day her heart is broken, and the final treasure, a gift from her father, is lost. Two years later, Alice answers a phone call from a stranger and runs away to New York, and tries to forget her last golden summer at the orchard on the banks of the Hudson.
Tom Raven can’t understand why he keeps losing so many of the things and people that really matter to him, but he knows for certain that something important is missing from his life. One day, he remembers a forgotten letter and makes a phone call, then leaves Sevenstones, the only place that feels like home, for a strange city…
Locations
Reset- America/USA - New York, New York City
- A: Hudson Valley
- B: Valhalla orchards
- C: Manhattan - Bleecker Street
Travel Guide
New York State and City
The novel takes place along the banks of the Hudson river in a fictional orchard setting where a large house Sevenstones sits.
It’s an idyllic place and the author has captured a New York summer with the sights, sounds and smells you would associate with it.
A huge house like Sevenstones holds secrets and so in some regards, you could be anywhere where there is a big house like this one. The story takes place where there is a home and family.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Treasures
Destination/location: New York State and City Author/guide: Harriet Evans Departure Time: 1960s
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