Clare Clark
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
450 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
It is 1910. Jessica and Phyllis Melville have grown up at Ellinghurst, their family estate. A headstrong beauty, Jessica longs for London -- the glitter and glamor of debutante life -- while bookish Phyllis dreams in vain of attending the university. Neither girl questions that it is Theo, their adored brother, whom their mother loves best. Theo eclipses everyone around him, including the diffident Oskar Grunewald, who is a frequent visitor to Ellinghurst....