
During the rainless summer of 1967, in a tumble-down Englishabbey, three sisters have their portrait painted by an artist friend. There isyoung Maisie, strangely observant, who sees ghosts; Julia, arrogant andbeautiful; and Finn, wild and bookish. Maisie, in turn, embarks on a portrait ofher own, chronicling a cataclysmic summer and events that will haverepercussions two decades later.Inhabiting her own skillfully honed niche between literary andcommercial fiction, Sally Beauman has written another completely entrancingnovelpart pageturning mystery, part haunting love storythat will add toher growing legion of admirers on both sides of the Atlantic.
Page Count:
448
Publication Date:
2006-02-13
ISBN-10:
0002006278
ISBN-13:
9780002006279
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