Frost at Morning
20 April 2017
Imprint: Bello
Synopsis
Frost at Morning is the heartbreaking story of four young children who, deserted by their parents, have been sent off to a vicarage that takes in children as paying guests.
There's Philip, a sensitive boy whose father has remarried and gained a more preferable stepson; anxious little Monica, with a mother spiralling towards alcoholism; adopted Geraldine, whose desperate desire be loved...
Details
20 April 2017
304 pages
9781509859559
Imprint: Bello
Reviews
Miss Crompton is a master-hand at child characterisationThe Star
I don’t think I’ve read a better analysis of child psychology, where someone has been so thoroughly able to capture the terrible paralysing helplessness of childrenBook Snob