Will I love The Greengage Summer?

From the author of 'Black Narcissus', 'The Diddakoi' & 'The Dolls' House', this coming of age tale with a macabre twist does not seem to have garnered as much attention as some of the author's other works, but I liked it a lot. A family of English children plan an extended holiday in France, but once mother gets sick on the train they are put up in a hotel (with an orchard) & left to fend for themselves. The narrator, 13 year old Cecil, experiences culture shock, her first period & a growing jealousy of her older sister who attracts… show more.