Matters of Chance - A Novel

Here is a captivating novel about Morgan and Maude Shurtliff, who fall in love and wed in the years just before World War II. Unable to have children of their own, they adopt twin girls and move to a beautiful country house outside of Cleveland. They begin to settle into what they hope will be a long and happy life. But when Morgan is called to serve in the war, leaving Maude to raise their young daughters alone, they find their lives irrevocably changed. Matters of Chance recalls the best of Edith Wharton-epic in scope, brimming with the vivid details of another time, and exuberantly alive with a cast of unforgettable characters.