by KatherineWebb (Author)
1937. In a village on the Dorset coast, fourteen-year-old Mitzy Hatcher has endured a wild and lonely upbringing - until the arrival of renowned artist Charles Aubrey, his exotic mistress and their daughters, changes everything. Over the next three summers, Mitzy sees a future she had never thought possible, and a powerful love is kindled in her. A love that grows from innocence to obsession; from childish infatuation to something far more complex. Years later, a young man in an art gallery looks at a hastily-drawn portrait and wonders at the intensity of it. The questions he asks lead him to a Dorset village and to the truth about those fevered summers in the 1930s ...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 448
Publisher: Orion
Published: 02 Aug 2012
ISBN 10: 1409109747
ISBN 13: 9781409109747
Book Overview: From the author of The Legacy and The Unseen comes a powerful tale that explores the dark heart of love, and the shocking truths that dwell there.