SINOPSIS DEL LIBRO

<p>'The morning I left home Mother was recovering from being poorly and she'd been sick in the vegetable basket.'<br>Sisters Victoria and Blanche grow up in their grandfather's house in Warwickshire. It's a secluded existence: their mother is a war widow with a thirst for port and sherry and their last governess leaves never to be replaced. When their grandfather dies, their mother replaces drink with housework and the girls plan their escape.<br...Seguir leyendo