Publication

1988-03-29 - Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, USA, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

81,750 words, Guess

Page Count

327 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 4 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number87026459
  • Amazon0395441439
  • Goodreads3083216
  • LibraryThing10450744

Classifications

  • DDC792/.02/93
  • LCCPS3554.A946 C5 1988

Description

The upper-class English family of Henry and Barbara Drayton begins an inevitable disintegration when their school-age son is discovered to be having an affair with his governess and their daughter, Joanna, comes of age as she travels the world looking for her fleeing brother.***--FictionDB***

Description

***From Library Journal:*** Ten-year-old Joanna Drayton adores her older brother, James, and her glamourous governess, Miss Cathcart. But when her self-centered father discovers that the governess and James have become lovers, he fires her and alienates him. A bewildered Joanna is sent to boarding school, where she leads a miserable life. James doesn't rescue her. Miss Cathcart doesn't keep in touch. Yet, despite her isolation, Joanna not only survives but becomes a successful concert pianist. All the characters but Joanna are so selfish it is hard to empathize with anyone. Confusing chronology at the book's start compounds the difficulty of relating to Joanna's story.***--Kathy Piehl, Mankato State Univ., Minn. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.***

Subjects

Topics

bookbooksnoveltravelfamilye-bookBritish

Places

RomeIndiaBurmaLondonRussiaGermanyBristol

People

SpanishNapoleanEva PeronAnglo-ArgentineKing Richard IISir Francis DrakeChrist. Austrians

Times

20th Century: 1950

Series Statement

  • Houghton Mifflin Books

Other Editions

  • Chasing Shadows: A NovelHardcoverHoughton Mifflin Company1988-03-29

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