Publisher's Synopsis
...an exciting adventure in fiction...unforgettable. NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE Ten-year-old Rebecca is living in the country with her family when Sibyl Jardine, a powerful and enigmatic old woman, returns to the neighbourhood. The two families, once linked in the past, meet again and Rebecca is gradually drawn into the strange complication of the old lady's life. Through the spell-bound eyes of the young girl, Lehmann draws us into an intricate and scandalous family history, involving Mrs Jardine's husband, her errant daughter and her grandchildren. The story of a passionate, stormy life unfolds, the bewitching and hypnotic Sibyl Jardine proving to be both saint and sinner.
