“Shadows of Our Past” is a novel about the fates of three generations of the Miltons— a New York family of the kind people say: “they rule the world.” The year is 1935. Kitty and Ogden Milton are at the peak of happiness: they’re young, beautiful, love each other, and have wonderful children… But the idyll is shattered by tragedy—a silly accident in which their five-year-old son falls out of their apartment window on the fourteenth floor. Trying to distract Kitty, Ogden buys Crockett Island with a large beautiful house on it. Everything there breathes calm and serenity. This house becomes the family nest of the Miltons. Their children will grow up there, and then their grandchildren… At the beginning of the current century, the family’s financial situation no longer allows the third generation to own the island and the house. Talks about selling begin. Evie Milton goes to the island to say goodbye to the home where she spent so many happy days. Her chance discovery will bring down the myth of the impeccable Miltons—the pillars of American society.