Set in Hawaii in the 1950s. Lily is transfixed by Anna, her beautiful and erratic mother. Her father Sheridan, a doctor much respected in the community, behaves towards his wife at best with coldness, at worst with crassness. As Anna's life disintegrates, a process accelerated by the drugs supplied by Sheridan, Lily and her constant companion Tosi, and orphan of Hiroshima, watch with anxious eyes, while Jack and Jessie, the younger twins, play happily beneath the gardenias

Published: 1983

No. pages: 211

ISBN: 0701126744

Condition: GOOD - hardcover with dustjacket - 445g

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