![]() ![]() The prickly relationship between Rory and Camilla, her mother, makes for tense conversations. There has been no news for months, and Rory is struggling to move forward in her life. ![]() Rory’s fiancé, Hux, is working overseas for Doctors Without Borders when he is abducted. ![]() In May of 1985, Rory stumbles upon the gutted dress shop owned by Soline and leases the building. She was highly successful until a catastrophic fire at the shop in the early '80s upended her life. After the trauma of losing her baby shortly after birth, destitute Soline found a job as a dressmaker in the city of Boston. Upon notification that Anson was most likely dead, Anson’s father cut off all ties with Soline, even though she was pregnant with Anson’s baby. When it became too dangerous for Soline, Anson arranged for her escape to his family’s residence in Newport, Massachusetts. Both Anson and Soline were part of an escape network. In March of 1943, Soline volunteered at a hospital in Paris, France, where she met and fell in love with Anson, an American Field Service ambulance driver. The epilogue takes place in May of 1986 and is a perfect ending to the story. The prologue, set in September of 1976, is an excellent introductory scene. Soline’s story of her experiences in the early 1940s is woven into the part of the story that takes place in 1985. ![]() The Keeper of Happy Endings by Barbara Davis focuses on Soline Roussel and Aurora “Rory” Grant, whose lives unexpectedly collide in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1985. ![]()
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