The lives of the talented Aubrey children have long been clouded by their father's genius for instability, but his new job in the London suburbs promises, for a time at least, reprieve from scandal and the threat of ruin. Mrs. Aubrey, a former concert pianist, struggles to...
Remarkable for its evocation of the Edwardian age, West's 1957 novel is a vital, witty, and devastating family portrait and a brilliant re-imagining of her own volatile childhood.
Remarkable for its evocation of the Edwardian age, West's 1957 novel is a vital, witty, and devastating family portrait and a brilliant re-imagining of her own volatile childhood.