It was at Millies party, on that Friday evening, that she met her second husband, my stepfathertobe, and thus changed both our lives . . .Zo is delighted when her widowed mother marries Simon, a generous older man who owns a villa in Nice. However, the long enchanted visits to France she enjoys come to an abrupt end when Simon suffers a bad fall. Zo and her mother, finding themselves surrounded by wellmeaning strangers, must learn how and how not to trust appearances . . . One of her very best possibly her finest . . . reverberates long after its put down ... Brookner in all her wisdom, eloquence and power Spectator

Binding: Paperback;224 pages; Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; Classification: FA; Weight: 282 g; Dimensions: 198 x 131 x 15

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