The Beautiful Visit
Life had been distinctly lacking in possibilities - until The Visit. But, ever afterwards, just remembering the smell of the Lancings' house would enrapture her, taking her back to that very first day when Lucy and Gerald had picked her up from the station . . . All the longing, excitement and...
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Life had been distinctly lacking in possibilities - until The Visit. But, ever afterwards, just remembering the smell of the Lancings' house would enrapture her, taking her back to that very first day when Lucy and Gerald had picked her up from the station . . .
All the longing, excitement and poignant comedy of adolescence are captured in Elizabeth Jane Howard's first novel about a young girl growing up in the years around the First World War. (Originally published in 1950. Winner of the 1951 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize.)
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781447272205 (144727220X)
Publish date: 2015
Publisher: Picador
Pages no: 424
Edition language: English