A melodramatic novel of post-Edwardian angst among the British upper crust is apparently intended for a young female audience. At 13, tomboy Belle is sexually abused by a 60-something local bigwig. Thus traumatized, she grows up with this terrible secret and at last is forced to confront her demons. Anna Bentinck interprets this fare with verve and commitment. She contributes perhaps a little too much empathy, wringing her hands, as it were, over the fates of the various good guys and portraying the villains with more villainy than the author does. Never over the top, she wastes no subtlety on Belle, her friends, lovers, tormentors, and adventures. Y.R. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine--
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Belle Lawe was escaping from what she imagined to be a shameful secret. As she finishes school, the Great War is raging in France and she attempts to immerse herself in a life of gaiety and fun. Her childhood friend, Adam Palairet, returns wounded and as Belle falls ill, Adam takes her to Scotland to recover. When Adam has to return to the front, Belle has to confront the man who brought her so much misery in her childhood, and who threatens to remove her only chance of happiness.
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