The narrator, one of three sisters living with their mother in a small house at Islington, takes a post as governess to a wealthy Italian family in Pisa. A new pupil, a household of strangers, the striking Costanza Marchetti and the home-coming of the family’s rebellious son unsettle her quiet life.
A short, light romance by the poet and novelist of Reuben Sachs, published the year of her early death. Download the free EPUB.