'The unforced charm of this first novel convinces me that here is a young author of whom we are likely to hear much more.' Francis King Alex, an obstinate American girl, finds herself orphaned and then taken in and brought to England by her sophisticated English uncle. Tall, dark, aloof, mysterious, uncle Evelyn doesn't seem a suitable person to take charge of a child. He introduces her to dashing aunts and eccentric uncles, takes her out to dinner and on trips to the seaside in his sports car. It is the early sixties, and everyone, including the teachers at the boarding school Alex briefly attends, wonders just how suitable this arrangement really is. Can a bachelor, a businessman who drinks Scotch in the evening, take care of a young girl? With humour and empathy, Keverne Barrett shows that arrangements that are totally unacceptable from a conventional point of view are often very acceptable from a child's.
- ISBN10 1852422483
- ISBN13 9781852422486
- Publish Date 15 June 1992
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 August 2006
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Serpent's Tail
- Edition Main
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 352
- Language English