Gillespie and I by Jane Harris

Title: Gillespie and I Author: Jane Harris Genre: Fiction (British / Scottish / 19th century / Artists / Unreliable Narrator / Missing Children / Secret Identities) Publisher/Publication Date : Harper Perennial (1/31/2012) Source: TLC Book Tours Rating: Loved like I wanted to marry it! Did I finish?: Yes, inhaled over a matter of days. One-sentence summary: Elderly Harriet Baxter puts down in writing the events from her tumultuous time in Glasgow in the late 1880s while facing another mystery of her own. Reading Challenges: Historical Fiction , Victorian Do I like the cover?: I love it: it's striking, and kind of creepy, and reflects elements from the novel. I'm reminded of...: A.S. Byatt, Shirley Jackson, Sarah Waters First line : It would appear that I am to be the first to write a book on Gillespie. Did... I get up early three mornings to have more time to read?: YES, and this was after staying up wicked late to keep reading. (Perhaps why my co