Leírás
Mrs Oddicott, proprietor of a drapery shop Deirdre Fount, her daughter, painfully joining her mother's battle against individuality and change Major Carpenter, so obsessively grieving for the death of a friend that he condones one final deception from his loyal wife rich Miss Violet Prug, sustained in her wheelchair with the view from her balcony and a succession of Regency romances.
In the Prince of Wales Hotel and the shabby terraces and tearooms of Westbourne, retired lives run their course – all, in their different ways, anticipatinga crisis.
Szerző - Susan Hill