A Sea-Grape Tree
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Published:2nd Mar '06
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
* The Sequel to The Ballad and the Source, A Sea-Grape Tree was Rosamond Lehmann's last novel.
In 1933 we meet Rebecca, heroine of THE BALLAD AND THE SOURCE - but in a different world, on many levels. Betrayed by her married lover, Rebecca arrives alone at a small Caribbean island. Here, along with the splendidly eccentric members of the British expatriate colony, she meets the former ace pilot Johnny, crippled now, a misanthropic recluse: for both of them their passionate affair the powerful life force love can be. Here too she encounters voices from the past and the vibrant spirit of Mrs. Jardine - voices which remind Rebecca of the girl she was and the woman she could become.
Lehmann legitimised a type of writing that took on deep personal themes -- English PEN
Full of her sensibility, her funniness, her own particular acumen. It is also beautifully written and devised -- Elizabeth Jane Howard
Not to worry: Shad and company will rescue Sarah before the worst happens, and her traumatic experience will enable her to start filling bigger canvases * Kirkus Reviews *
Full of her sensibility, her funniness, her own particular acumen. It is also beautifully written and devised * ELIZABETH JANE HOWARD *
ISBN: 9781844083633
Dimensions: 196mm x 126mm x 17mm
Weight: 140g
176 pages