Coral Glynn: A Novel

A New York Times Book Review Editors Choice . In the spring of 1950 Coral Glynn arrives at an isolated mansion in the English countryside to nurse the elderly Edith Hart. There Coral meets Hart Houses odd inhabitants: Mrs. Prence the perpetually disgruntled housekeeper and Major Clement Hart her charges war-ravaged son. When a childs game goes violently awry in the nearby woods a great shadow―love perhaps―descends upon its residents. Other seemingly random events―a torn dress a missing ring a lost letter―propel Coral and Clement precipitously into the mysterious thicket of marriage.. Written with his unique sense of wit and empathy Peter Camerons brilliant novel is a stunning exploration of how need and desire can blossom into love―and just as quickly transform into something less categorical.