When cautious Emma Roberts goes to France to carry out research into seventeenth century garden design, she finds a reliable diversion from her studies in her unlikely new friend Francoise Desnoyers, in whose beautiful house she is welcomed as a guest. She is not too dazzled to ignore the tensions that exist between Francoise and her formidable mother, or between Mme. Desnoyers and her other guests. London recedes into the background as life in France becomes more significant in every respect. It is not until the horrifying ...
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When cautious Emma Roberts goes to France to carry out research into seventeenth century garden design, she finds a reliable diversion from her studies in her unlikely new friend Francoise Desnoyers, in whose beautiful house she is welcomed as a guest. She is not too dazzled to ignore the tensions that exist between Francoise and her formidable mother, or between Mme. Desnoyers and her other guests. London recedes into the background as life in France becomes more significant in every respect. It is not until the horrifying episode that puts an end to this fascination, that Emma is reconciled to her duller but safer life at home and to the compromises that she comes to accept.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 8x5x0; Viking/Penguin, 2005; stated First Impression, no additional printings indicated; inscribed by author on title page "With best wishes", this copy from the collection of the late George Soule, professor emeritus of English at Carleton College and author of a bibliography on Anita Brookner, Margaret Drabble, Iris Murdoch, and Barbara Pym. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards and text also very good. Unclipped dust jacket in VG condition, arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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