Greengage Summer (eBook)

The Haunting, Beautiful Coming-of-Age Novel from the Author of Black Narcissus

Rumer Godden (Autor)

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2011 | 1. Auflage
192 Seiten
Pan Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-4472-1027-6 (ISBN)

Infos

While the Grey family is visiting the battlefields of France, their mother becomes seriously ill. Their father is far away, busy with his work as an explorer. So thirteen-year-old Cecil is left virtually alone with her brothers and sisters in a French chateau-hotel, owned by Mademoiselle Zizi. While Cecil watches from the sidelines, her beautiful older sister Joss falls in love with Eliot, the charming English gentleman who appoints himself the family's guardian. And while the greengages grow ripe and sweet in the sun, the sense of danger and mystery increases.

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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, a major BBC drama series and classic film.'Rumer Godden's novels pulse with life' - Daily TelegraphWhen 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 side lines as her achingly beautiful sister, Joss, is drawn into the heart of a toxic affair . . .'An exciting tale, this novel has both charm and atmosphere' - Evening Standard

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.8.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch
• ISBN-10: 1-4472-1027-1 / 1447210271
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4472-1027-6 / 9781447210276