Book description
From the author of I Capture the Castle and The Hundred and One
Dalmatians, an unusual adventure in which humour and more than a touch
of strangeness are inextricably blended.
When Jane Minton
arrives at Dome House as a secretary-housekeeper, she finds herself
sharing the comfortable country home of four attractive young people.
Their charming widower father, Rupert Carrington is too occupied with
his London business to see very much of them. Richard, the eldest, is
a composer; Clare, whose true talents (if they can be called that)
have not yet disclosed themselves, dreams of courtly romance; Drew is
collecting material for a novel; and Merry, still at school, has her
heart set on a stage career. Jane is warmly welcomed into this happy
household and feels her luck is too good to be
true.
However, the private world of Dome House is fated
to break up as Rupert flees England under threat of prosecution for
fraud. He asks Jane to break the news to the children, who must now
fend for themselves, and to do what she can to help them. However, the
Carringtons are extremely unusual young people and the story of the
eclectic choices they make next is an absorbing and unpredictable one.
