The Greengage Summer: Rumer Godden (Macmillan Collector's Library, 91) - Hardcover

Godden, Rumer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1509827358 ISBN 13: 9781509827350

Publisher: Macmillan Collector's Library, 2017

Synopsis

When their mother is suddenly taken ill on holiday, five siblings are left to fend for themselves at the elegant, faded hotel, Les Oeillets. Under the increasingly jealous gaze of the glamorous patronne, Mademoiselle Zizi, the children gravitate towards her mysterious and charming lover, Eliot, for comfort. And, amongst the gnarled trees of the old orchards, thirteen-year-old Cecil watches from the sidelines as her achingly beautiful sister, Joss, is drawn into the heart of a toxic affair.

A tense, evocative portrait of love and deceit in the Champagne country of the Marne, Rumer Godden's The Greengage Summer is a hauntingly beautiful coming-of-age story.

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About this title

Review:

An exciting tale, this novel has both charm and atmosphere, and Miss Godden recaptures with an easy unsentimental naturalness the unfocused vision of adolescence. (Evening Standard)

Book Description:

A near perfect portrayal of adolescence and loss of innocence set during one long hot summer in France. With an introduction by actress and author Jane Asher.

About this edition

• Publisher: Macmillan Collector's Library
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1509827358
• ISBN 13: 9781509827350
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 248