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When young James Dixon, a local jack-of-all-trades is hired by famous writer William Wordsworth to do some handiwork around his estate, it soon becomes clear that his unspoken responsibility is to keep an eye on William's sister Dorothy who is growing frail and melancholic. In her early thirties, Dorothy has already lived a wildly unconventional life and soon the unlikely pair of misfits form a sympathetic bond . . .
A stunning novel reimagining the lost years of misunderstood Romantic Era genius Dorothy Wordsworth, Undersong slowly weaves a darker, complex underlying tale that gradually reveals the pattern of Dorothy's rich, hidden life, and that of a woman determined, against all odds, to exist on her own terms.
“A stunning, spellbinding, poetic triumph." -- Toronto Star