The Greengage Summer

This classic coming of age tale from the author of In This House of Brede was first published in 1958. When 13 year old Cecil’s mother gets sick while the family is vacationing in France, she and her four siblings are sent to stay with an entertaining Englishman at a second-rate hotel in the Champagne region, where they wander and explore the countryside as the summer idles by. The book is written from Cecil's point of view, as she recounts the adventures of that unusual and memorable summer.