Married at sixteen to a man twenty years her senior who spoke no English, she was taken to his ancestral home and estate where she found herself living in the most primitive of conditions, isolated and alone. St. Aubin de Teran ended up virtually running the plantation that belonged to her increasingly demented husband but enjoyed learning the mores and magic of a place that had remained practically unchanged for more than a century. Written in mesmerising prose, this is the extraordinary story of a young woman surviving by her wits and fantasies.

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About the Author
Lisa St. Aubin de Teran was born in south London in 1953. She is a prize-winning author and has published five novels.

Reviews
She writes with extraordinary vividness and clarity - she faces reality with a courage and skill that left me not knowing which to admire more: her gift as a writer or that she had the guts to carve out a place for herself in such an unforgiving world. * INDEPENDENT *
Powerfully engrossing * OBSERVER *
Astonishing * ELLE *
A remarkable woman, her life story makes for compulsive reading. * THE TIMES *



Book Information
ISBN 9781860494598
Author Lisa St. Aubin De Teran
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Virago Press Ltd
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Weight(grams) 290g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 126mm * 22mm