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When their mother is suddenly taken ill on holiday- five siblings are left to fend for themselves at the elegant- faded hotel- Les Oeillets. Under the increasingly jealous gaze of the glamorous patronne- Mademoiselle Zizi- the children gravitate towards her mysterious and charming lover- Eliot- for comfort. And- amongst the gnarled trees of the old orchards- thirteen-year-old Cecil watches from the sidelines as her achingly beautiful sister- Joss- is drawn into the heart of a toxic affair.A tense- evocative portrait of love and deceit in the Champagne country of the Marne- Rumer Goddens The Greengage Summer is a hauntingly beautiful coming-of-age story.Designed to appeal to the booklover- the Macmillan Collectors Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collectors Library are books to love and treasure....