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Gr 5–8—At 100 years old, Martha O'Doyle decides to record the story of the most eventful six-month period in her life, a period that taught her to be the hero of her own story. Expelled from catechism class in 1928 for questioning the story of Adam and Eve, 12-year-old Martha takes a job as a maid in the Sewell mansion, where her mother is housekeeper. Mr. Sewell is a prominent newspaper magnate, and his supposedly "mad" wife Rose is kept under lock and key in her room with her beloved...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Twelve-year-old Martha O'Doyle's punishment for asking impertinent questions in catechism class is to spend a year as a maid in the Sewell mansion, where her mother works as head housekeeper. It's 1928 New York City, and Mr. Sewell is a successful newspaper magnate, but Martha soon learns his dark secret -- Mrs. Sewell, formerly a headstrong socialite known as Wild Rose, is hidden away on the mansion's top floor, apparently both physically and mentally ill. Mrs. Sew...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Twelve-year-old Martha O'Doyle, a maid in the Sewell mansion, learns Mr. Sewell's dark secret: his formerly headstrong socialite wife is hid...Log In or Sign Up to Read More