THIS IS A FASCINATING NOVEL COVERING 20YRS FROM THE 1930's AND CONCERNS TWO
SISTERS - TESSA AND FREDDIE. BROUGHT UP IN ITALY, THEY RETURN TO ENGLAND WHERE
THE YOUNGEST, FREDDIE, ATTENDS A GIRLS BOARDING SCHOOL WHILE HER OLDER SISTER,
TESSA, BECOMES A MODEL. HER CIRCLE OF FRIENDS IS LARGE AND SHE HAS MANY
SUITABLE MALE ADMIRERS BUT DOESN'T FALL IN LOVE UNTIL SHE MEETS MILO RYCROFT - A
MARRIED AUTHOR.
THEIR AFFAIR, WHICH TESSA KEEPS A SECRET FROM EVERYONE ELSE, IS INEVITABLY
DOOMED AND TRAGIC. FREDDIE LEAVES SCHOOL AND HAS VARIOUS JOBS IN LONDON WHILE
MOVING ON THE PERIPHERY OF HER SISTERS LIFE.
IN 1939, WHEN WAS BREAKS OUT, TESSA IS IN ITALY WHERE SHE STAYS IN HIDING.
FREDDIE DOES WAR WORK IN FACTORIES AND HAS VARIOUS BOYFRIENDS SERVING IN THE
ARMED FORCES.
THIS TOWERING NOVEL IS ABSOLUTELY UN-PUT-DOWNABLE AND I LOVED EVERY
WORD.
THERE IS GREAT TENSION, FASCINATING DESCRIPTION AND A WONDERFUL EVOLVING
STORY.
JUDITH LENNOX IS A BRILLIANT WRITER AND I CAN THOROUGHLY RECOMMEND IT.
THERE IS ONE WORD OF CAUTION - IT WILL DEFINITELY MAKE YOU WANT TO SPEND TIME IN
ITALY. LOVELY!
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