The doomed mutual attraction of a middle-aged widow and her new son-in-law, who is much closer to her own age than her daughter's, forms the central drama in this social comedy with tragic overtones.
Diana Tutton Knihy
Diana Tuttonová, pôvodne Dinah Godfrey-Faussett-Osborne, vyrastala na rodinných sídlach v Lichfielde a v grófstve Kent. Počas druhej svetovej vojny sa vydala za kapitána Johna Tuttona a manželia žili v Keni a Malajzii. Svoje literárne skúsenosti pretavila do troch románov vydaných v 50. rokoch 20. storočia. Jej tvorba reflektuje jej zážitky a pohľad na svet.
The Harvey sisters are unconventional, unschooled and oddly named they have been brought up at quite some distance from the rest of the world. Living with their famous detective writer father, and their fragile mother, they have been one another's friends - with hardly any experience of people outside their family.