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Doubleday

9780385544276

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The Caretaker

The Caretaker is an unforgettable novel of class, power, war, family, yearning and betrayal. Don’t miss it.

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When Jacob Hampton returns home wounded from the Korean War, his parents couldn’t be happier. Before his conscription, they had disinherited him for marrying a poor, uneducated hotel maid who became pregnant soon after their elopement. Now that Jacob has come home, “They believed him ready at last to be their prodigal son,” writes Ron…

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