Rose Aubrey is one of a family of four children. Their father, Piers, is the disgraced son of an Irish landowning family, a violent, noble and quite unscrupulous leader of popular causes. His Scottish wife, Clare, is an artist, a tower of strength, fanatically devoted to a musical future for her daughters. This is the story of their life in south London, a life threatened by Piers's streak of tragic folly which keeps them on the verge of financial ruin and social disgrace ...'A book bursting with love and vitality' DAILY EXPRESS
| ISBN | 1844086992 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | ISBN13 | 9781844086993
(What's this?) | | Pages | 448 | | Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Virago Press Ltd | | Previous ISBN | 9780860684930 | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Publication date | 31 Mar 2011 | | Width (mm) | 126 | | Writer of introduction | Amanda Craig | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY | 823.912 | |
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* 'It is improbable that even the most scrupulous reader could name a more poignantly and lovingly told tale, a more beautiful piece of writing' NYTimes * 'So vivid and lovable are her subjects, a crisis-ridden musical and literary family, that to finish the book is to suffer a bereavement.' Mail on Sunday.
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