Publisher's Synopsis
"A genuine voice of our times" THE TIMES After their parents and elder brother are killed in Kenya, Fliss, Mole and Susannah are sent to their grandmother, Freddy, who lives in "The Keep", the ancestral home in Devon. Freddy's devoted helpers, Ellen and Fox, enable her to cope with this latest tragedy and she looks to her brother-in-law, Theo, to guide her. Under Freddy's watchful gaze, the three children heal their wounds and embark on the treacherous journey to adulthood.
