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Sep 12, 2013uncommonreader rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This novel tells the story of 16 year old Portia, recently orphaned, who moves from the Continent to London to live with her half-brother and his wife. She falls "in love" with an empty 23 year old and come to feel betrayed by all adults. Her fate is left unclear. Bowen cracks the veneer of upper middle class English life and its illusions. A classic of its kind.