Behind the gates of Temple Alice, the aristocratic Anglo-Irish St Charles family sinks into a state of decaying grace. To Aroon St Charles, the large and unlovely daughter of the house, the fierce for
The Swifts?three sisters of marked eccentricity, defiantly christened April, May, and baby June, and their only brother, one-eyed Jasper?have little in common but some vivid memories of their darling
Jessica and Jane have been living together for six months. They are devoted friends—or are they? Jessica loves her friend with the cruelty of total possessiveness. Jane is rich, silly, and drinks rath
In 1914, when Nicandra is eight, all is well in the grand Irish estate ofDeer Forest. Maman is beautiful and adored. Dada, silent and small, mooches contendedly around the stables. Aunt Tossie,
A profoundly moving novel about two neighboring families in a suburban town, the friendship between their children, a tragedy that reverberates over four decades, and the power of forgiveness.Francis
Keane produced a series of successful novels starting when she was only in her early twenties, and she managed to write a series of West End hits as well from 1938 to 1961. For the next twenty years s
