Read by: Georgina Sutton
Language: English
Length: 3 hours and 36 minutes
Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks
Release date: 2011-05-01
In post-war East Midlands, in a home dominated by their difficult grandmother and aunt, Yvette and Lucille are two sisters struggling to bring joy into their lives. Their mother, having run off in a scandal, leaves the two to suffer a dysfunctional family life and oppressive domesticity. But one day, Yvette meets a free-spirited gypsy and his family, awakening her sexual desires and compounding her disenchantment.