Publication

2006-04-01 - Virago Press

Language

English

Word Count

56,000 words, Guess

Page Count

224 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • Internet Archiveinsummerseasonvi00eliz
  • ISBN-101844083209
  • ISBN-139781844083206
  • LibraryThing19461
  • Better World Books9781844083206
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCPR6039.A928

Description

In a Summer Season is one of Elizabeth Taylor's finest novels in which, in a moving and powerful climax, she reveals love to be the thing it is: beautiful, often funny, and sometimes tragic. 'You taste of rain', he said, kissing her. 'People say I married her for her money', he thought contentedly, and for the moment was full of the self-respect that loving her had given him. Kate Heron is a wealthy, charming widow who marries, much to the disapproval of friends and neighbours, a man ten years her junior: the attractive, feckless Dermot. Then comes the return of Kate's old friend Charles - intelligent, kind and now widowed, with his beautiful young daughter. Kate watches happily as their two families are drawn together, finding his presence reassuringly familiar, but slowly she becomes aware of subtle undercurrents that begin to disturb the calm surface of their friendship. Before long, even she cannot ignore the gathering storm . . .

First Sentence

'AFTER all, I am not a young girl to be intimidated by her,' Kate decided, as she waited outside her mother-in-law's house.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Virago Modern Classics

Other Editions

  • In a Summer SeasonPaperbackVirago Press2006-04-01

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