Nesta Falconer, an attractive widow, lives with her fifteen-year-old daughter Philippa, managing brother-in-law Charles Falconer's household after the breakdown of his marriage. Nesta's comfortable position is threatened when her sister Claire, returning from America, comes to stay at her cottage.
Charles realises that Nesta is a menace to Philippa's happiness, and that she has been responsible for much distress. His mother, a formidable old lady, plays a part in revealing Nesta not only to her family but to herself as a negative person who contributes little to the happiness of others.
- ISBN10 0753167794
- ISBN13 9780753167793
- Publish Date 1 November 2002 (first published 26 May 1988)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 27 May 2010
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint ISIS Publishing
- Edition Large type / large print edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 272
- Language English