Eleanor Anstruther Ordre des livres

An honest, humorous and brilliant combination of memoir and essays told from a singularly unique voice and written by the acclaimed author of A Perfect Explanation (long listed for the Desmond Elliott Prize).

A ';superb debut'* novelbased on the story of the author's grandmotherfollowing an aristocratic woman who abandons her family and her money in search of a life she can claim as her own. (* The Guardian )