The Greengage Summer
Rumer Godden
The faded elegance of Les Oeillets, with its bullet-scarred staircase and serene garden bounded by high walls; Eliot, the charming Englishman who became the children’s guardian while their mother lay ill in hospital; sophisticated Mademoiselle Zizi, hotel patronne, and Eliot’s devoted lover; 16 year old Joss, the oldest Grey girl, suddenly, achingly beautiful. And the Marne river flowing silent and slow beyond them all …They would merge together in a gold-green summer of discovery, until the fruit rotted on the trees and cold seeped into their bones …
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Details
| Genre | Fiction; Checklist by Marion Zimmer Bradley |
| Copyright Date | 1957 |
| Publication Date | 1961 |
| Publisher | Pan Books |
| Notes | 2’6 |
| Language | English |
| Rating | NotRated |
| Original Publisher | Viking |
| BookID | 5031 |
