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Reviewed on July 1, 2015 | Fiction
Ada Concannon is 17 when she leaves Dublin for Amherst, MA. Relatives in this conservative New England town arrange employment for Ada as a domestic for a respectable local family, the Dickinsons. While the reserved Dickinsons tolerate Ada's spirited informality, the eccentric Emily takes a shine to the younger Irish girl, and the two forge a bond over a shared love of nature and baking that eases Ada's loneliness and the spinster's heartache for h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More