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Selskabsdame eller guvernante? Af to onder havde Carina nødtvungent valgt det sidste og påtaget sig det vanskelige hverv at overbringe herren til Clinton Castle den lille søn, hvis eksistens han intet kendte til, men som ikke desto mindre var frugten af et overilet ægteskab med den orientalske danserinde Chi-Yun.

How did the families who live on Manhattan's Upper East Side get to where they are today? As much a penetrating social history as it is engaging fiction, East Side Story tells of the Carnochans, a family whose Scottish forebears establish themselves in New York's textile business during the Civil War. From there they quickly move on to seize prominent positions in the country's top schools and Manhattan's elite firms. As the novel unfolds, family members across the generations recount their stories, illuminating lives steeped in both good fortune and moral jeopardy.