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Disfigured by the blow associated with an abusive husband, the widow Mary McAllister has spent almost 60 years secluded in a white marble mansion overlooking the city of Mill River, Vermont. Her links to the outside world are few: the mail, an elderly priest, and a bedroom window with a view of the city below. Most longtime residents of Mill River consider the marble house and its own occupant peculiar, and few of them have ever seen Mary. But three newcomers - a officer, his daughter, and a fresh schoolteacher - are curious about the reclusive old woman. Only the city priest truly knows the Mill River recluse, and the trick she keeps... a secret that, once revealed, changes the city, and the lives of its residents, forever. Within the tradition of Kim Edwards (The Memory Keeper's Daughter, The Lake of Dreams), The Mill River Recluse is a tale of overcome tragedy, the one that reminds us of the value of friendship and the mysterious techniques love will come from the most unexpected places.