In 1904, at the age of six, Polly goes to live with her two holy aunts. The house is so close to the sea it seems to toss like a ship, and so isolated, Polly might be marooned on an island. There she lives for 81 years, while the century rages around her and Victorian order becomes nuclear dread.
Author Biography
Jane Gardam has been awarded the Heywood Hill Literary Prize for a lifetimes contribution to the enjoyment of literature; has twice won a Whitbread Award and has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
Reviews
Jane Gardam is at her most characteristic and brilliant. - Victoria Glendinning
