June Barraclough
“The time is the mid-nineteenth century and Meta Moore is living with her adopted Aunt Augusta, at Hartsedge Hall in Yorkshire. Her dream is to return to Rooks Nest, the house where she was born – and where her mother died – with its lake and neglected gardens. Her obsession with the place does not diminish as she reaches adolescence and meets her first object of affection: Lavinia Logan, a “woman of the world” who comes to teach at her aunt’s school; nor later when she goes away from home as a governess to a Jewish family and whilst these falls passionately in love with a young musician, Daniel Reiss. Never a conformist, Meta has a painful gorwing up before she is able to discover happiness.” – book cover.
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“The time is the mid-nineteenth century and Meta Moore is living with her adopted Aunt Augusta, at Hartsedge Hall in Yorkshire. Her dream is to return to Rooks Nest, the house where she was born – and where her mother died – with its lake and neglected gardens. Her obsession with the place does not diminish as she reaches adolescence and meets her first object of affection: Lavinia Logan, a “woman of the world” who comes to teach at her aunt’s school; nor later when she goes away from home as a governess to a Jewish family and whilst these falls passionately in love with a young musician, Daniel Reiss. Never a conformist, Meta has a painful gorwing up before she is able to discover happiness.” – book cover.
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