A composed and chiseled turn of the century small town gragedy of
"two gentle women fallen on evil days." This follows the death of
their Mama ("one of our landmarks gone") where in upstate New York
Mama had not only apotheosized the first family (Henderson
Preserving Company) but the First Presbyterian Church leaving
Martha and Esther, both skirting their thirties, to make bereft
nightly visits to the cemetery. But eventually for Martha there
will be David Rathbone the minister, until Esther, always
headstrong, falls in love with the choir tenor, Oliver, disregards
his wife and his youngsters, alienates the town and causes Martha
to lose David who - in failing to correct the situation with his
Christian Home sermons - feels that he has "betrayed his calling."
Comes the Depression and Oliver is immured in the old, once proudly
pillared, Greek Revival Henderson home with Esther and Martha -
their lives flaking away with the paint in penury and ostracism. A
small, immaculate book with something of the near classic stance of
Ethan Frome - perfectly frozen in time and place. (Kirkus Reviews)
With a delicate sense of tragedy and serene lucidity, Rachel
Mackenzie, the late fiction editor of the New Yorker, tells the
story of the Henderson sisters of Pliny Falls, New York, during the
early decades of the twentieth century. Not unlike the characters
in Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome and Henry James' The Beast in the
Jungle, Martha and Esther Henderson are drawn with an acute sense
of perception, courage, and irony which encompasses humanity.
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