The Greengage Summer

Informationen zum Autor Rumer Godden was one of Britain's most distinguished authors with many justly famous and much-loved books for both adults and children to her credit, including Black Narcissus , The Greengage Summer and The Peacock Spring . She was awarded the OBE in 1993 and died in 1998, aged ninety. Klappentext On and off, all that hot French August, we made ourselves ill from eating the greengages. Vorwort A near perfect portrayal of adolescence and loss of innocence set in the Champagne country in France. With an introduction by actress and author Jane Asher. Zusammenfassung A tense, evocative, portrait of love and deceit set during one long hot summer in France, The Greengage Summer is a hauntingly beautiful coming-of-age story by from Rumer Godden, the author of Black Narcissus, now a major BBC drama series. 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. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

Product details

• Authors: Rumer Godden, Rumer Godden
• Assisted by: Jane Asher (Introduction)
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2017
• EAN: 9781509827350
• ISBN: 978-1-5098-2735-0
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 103 mm x 160 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Macmillan Collector's Library; Collector's Library; Macmillan Collector's Library; Collector's Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Coming of age, France, Marne, Seasonal interest: Summer, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Sense of place, c 1960 to c 1970, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, c 1960 to c 1969