The vet's daughter
by Barbara Comyns | 
The Juniper Tree
by Barbara Comyns |
Palladian
by Elizabeth Taylor |
The Perpetual Curate
by Margaret Oliphant |
The Skin Chairs
by Barbara Comyns |
The Wedding Group
by Elizabeth Taylor |
Ordinary Families
by E. Arnot Robertson | 
Beyond The Glass
by Antonia White |
Company Parade
by Storm Jameson | 
The Ice House
by Nina Bawden |
Devoted Ladies
by M. J. Farrell | 
The Weather in the Streets
by Rosamond Lehmann |
The Land Of Green Ginger
by Winifred Holtby | 
The Way Things Are
by E. M. Delafield |
The Third Miss Symons
by F. M. Mayor | 
The Tortoise and the Hare
by Elizabeth Jenkins |
The Little Ottleys
by Ada Leverson |
Our Spoons Came from Woolworths
by Barbara Comyns | 
East of Eden
by John Steinbeck | 
Nine Stories
by J. D. Salinger |
On the banks of the River Avon, six sisters are born. The seasons come and go, the girls take their lessons under the ash tree, and always there is the sound of water swirling through the weir. Then, unexpectedly, an air of decay descends upon the house: ivy grows unchecked over the windows, angry shouts split the summer air, the milk sours in the larder and their father takes out his gun. Tragedy strikes the family, and before long the furniture is being auctioned off and the sisters dispersed among relatives. In her daring, witty first novel, originally published in 1947, Barbara Comyns' unique young heroine relates the vivid and bittersweet story of her childhood.