The Bird in the Tree

Elizabeth Goudge

Book 1 of 3 in Eliots of Damerosehay

339 pages

Fantasy

Synopsis

An impossible choice … and a lifetime of care and nurture could vanish in a moment. Matriarch of the family, Lucilla has spent a lifetime making the Hampshire estate of Damerosehay a haven for the Eliots. When her favorite grandson, David, falls in love with a woman who belongs to another, Lucilla sees her most cherished ambitions put at risk. But can she persuade David and Nadine to put duty before love?