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The Scent of Water

Elizabeth Goudge

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Mary Lindsay met her little niece and namesake only once, but she saw in the quiet, imaginative child a kindred spirit to inherit her ancient house. Fifty years later her niece inherited the house with no knowledge of it beyond her indelible childhood memories, and no experience at all of living in the country.

Mary Lindsay is a born and bred Londoner who has enjoyed her city life-a prestigious job, and friends with whom she takes in the city pleasures of theatre, art and…As a retired businesswoman living in a rural house inherited from her aunt finds consolation for a failed romance with a married blind man by learning more about her aunt and herself.

Language: English

Pages: 285

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton

Release: May 08, 1963

ISBN: 0698103270

ISBN 13: 9780698103276

The Scent of Water

Elizabeth Goudge

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Mary Lindsay met her little niece and namesake only once, but she saw in the quiet, imaginative child a kindred spirit to inherit her ancient house. Fifty years later her niece inherited the house with no knowledge of it beyond her indelible childhood memories, and no experience at all of living in the country.

Mary Lindsay is a born and bred Londoner who has enjoyed her city life-a prestigious job, and friends with whom she takes in the city pleasures of theatre, art and…As a retired businesswoman living in a rural house inherited from her aunt finds consolation for a failed romance with a married blind man by learning more about her aunt and herself.

Language: English

Pages: 285

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton

Release: May 08, 1963

ISBN: 0698103270

ISBN 13: 9780698103276

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