Valentine House, Paperback

The Orange Prize shortlisted author of }Grace Williams Says It Loud{ returns with the story of Mathilde's decades-long entanglement with English family the Valentines, who arrive in her native French Alps in 1914 and jar with the everyday life there, first excitingly and then mysteriously. The combination of generational scope and vivid landscapes is a must for fans of }The Gustav Sonata{ and }Atonement{.