Book Synopsis: Presents the moving story of a young man's passion for an older woman. It begins when Agnes Vale takes a temporary teaching post at a boys' school in Southern England. In this enclosed, monastic environment, her warmth and femininity have a considerable impact on both the masters and the boys. She in turn is intrigued by her pupils, particularly by eleven-year old Goff Willoughby, a handsome, accomplished boy from a distinguished family, and by his cynical and worldly Greek friend Andrew Karistides...
Eugenie Hill has tackled the literary cliche' of the young man/older woman and has made of it a heartbreaking tale of erotic enchantment. and her remarkable novel illuminates a shattering side of such an affair which will surprise the reader.
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