Description The debut novel from Elizabeth Taylor - shortlisted for the Booker Prize * Mrs Lippincote's house, with its mahogany furniture and yellowing photographs, stands as a reminder of all the certainties that have vanished with the advent of war.
Temporarily, this is home for Julia, who has joined her husband Roddy at the behest of the RAF.
Although she can accept the pomposities of service life, Julia's honesty and sense of humour prevent her from tak.
