Lavender and Old Lace

by Myrtle Reed

"Lavender and Old Lace" by Myrtle Reed is a novel published in 1902. When Ruth Thorne arrives to visit her reclusive Aunt Jane's coastal home, she finds her aunt mysteriously departed and instructions to light an attic lamp each night. Among dusty mementos and old letters, Ruth uncovers hints of long-lost love and heartbreak. As she befriends the saintly Miss Ainslie and falls for journalist Carl Winfield, secrets from the past slowly surface, revealing connections between them all that span decades of longing and sacrifice.