Rosamond Lehmann

Ten-year-old Rebecca is living in the country with her family when Sibyl Jardine, an enigmatic and powerful old woman, returns to her property in the neighbourhood. The two families, once linked in the past, meet again. Through the spellbound eyes of young Rebecca we enter into an intricate and scandalous family history and slowly the story of the passionate, stormy life of Mrs Jardine unfolds.

Touching and beautifully written autobiography of the writer Rosamond Lehman.

It is 1933 and Rebecca arrives alone on a small Caribbean island. Here she encounters voices from the past and the spirit of Sibyl Jardine. The voices remind her of the girl she once was and the woman she could become.