The Greengage Summer

The Greengage Summer is a hauntingly beautiful coming-of-age story set in France, following five siblings who are left to fend for themselves at a hotel. They gravitate towards the glamorous patronne's lover, Eliot, while Cecil watches her sister Joss become involved in a toxic affair.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 13 October 2022
Publisher: Pan Macmillan

A tense, evocative, portrait of love and deceit set during one long, hot summer in France, The Greengage Summer is a hauntingly beautiful coming-of-age story by Rumer Godden, the author of Black Narcissus, a major BBC drama series and classic film. "Rumer Godden's novels pulse with life," writes the Daily Telegraph. "When their mother is suddenly taken ill on holiday, five siblings are left to fend for themselves at the elegant, faded hotel, Les Oeillets. Under the increasingly jealous gaze of the glamorous patronne, Mademoiselle Zizi, the children gravitate towards her mysterious and charming lover, Eliot, for comfort. And, amongst the gnarled trees of the old orchards, thirteen-year-old Cecil watches from the sidelines as her achingly beautiful sister, Joss, is drawn into the heart of a toxic affair..." "An exciting tale, this novel has both charm and atmosphere," writes the Evening Standard.

Weight: 176g
Dimension: 129 x 198 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529078404