Housekeeping: A Novel -

Their grandfather died years earlier when his train plunged into the town’s glacial lake. Their mother, Helen, later commits suicide by driving into that same lake, leaving the girls on their grandmother’s porch.

After their grandmother dies and two elderly great-aunts prove unable to care for them, their eccentric aunt Sylvie —a transient who has lived as a drifter—returns to Fingerbone to raise them. Housekeeping: A Novel

Fearing the town will separate them, Sylvie and Ruth attempt to burn down their house and cross a high railway bridge to leave Fingerbone forever, living the rest of their lives as drifters. 👥 Key Characters Housekeeping: A Novel (Fortieth Anniversary Edition) Their grandfather died years earlier when his train

The story is narrated by , who recalls her upbringing alongside her younger sister, Lucille . Fearing the town will separate them, Sylvie and