A House of Cranes Audiobook

In 1963 Lucius Cook an elevenyearold orphan comes to live with a lawyer Kenneth Crane and his family at their stately Victorian home in the affluent suburbs of Hartford Connecticut Quiet and precocious Lucius is in awe of his surroundings He discovers he shares Mr Cranes creative passion for photography The Cranes clever daughter Beatrice keeps Lucius on his toes while the lawyers stunning and aloof wife Eleanor captivates him As time passes his curiosity for Eleanor twenty years his senior grows from spellbound boyhood fascination to a young mans deep consuming desire Charmed by amorous illusions love and happiness elude Lucius and he wonders if he will ever know what they truly mean