![]() ![]() ![]() Conroy’s wife Elna, who nearly became a nun, cannot come to terms with a place so extravagant. Danny, who has never known anything else is the narrator of this account. Their father, an aspiring real-estate tycoon has bought an extravagant house in an old Dutch neighborhood of Philadelphia, once owned by the Van Hoebeek’s, whose forbidding portraits and presence fill the house. So it is with siblings Danny and Maeve Conroy, born seven years apart. This story, it seems to me is about the longings of people who care for each other, often at variance with each other, resulting in wounds of estrangement, with which we may spend a lifetime trying to come to terms. ![]() Summary: Two siblings, Maeve and Danny, seek to come to terms with past losses of parents, and their childhood home, a striking three-story home built by a Dutch couple. ![]()
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