The Last Summer (Paperback)

from nicx27

This is such a beautiful, understated piece of writing and a pleasure to read. Clarissa is 17 years old, living at her family's country house, Deyning Park, during 'the last summer', being the summer of 1914 just before the First World War broke out. She meets Tom, their housekeeper's son, and fa...

from CInacio

This book has be completely enthralled, I couldn't put it down! I'm a huge fan of historical fiction so it's no surprise that I enjoyed a novel set in WWI London, but it was also such an idyllic coming of age story. It evoked so many emotions both romantic and heart-breaking. While Clarissa's cha...

from Her_Royal_Orangeness

Clarissa Granville is a naïve dreamy girl who has lived an idyllic and isolated childhood at Deyning Park, the family's estate in the English countryside. "The Last Summer" begins in 1914 when she is sixteen years old and falling in love with Tom Cuthbert, the housekeeper's son. An innocent summe...

from nicx27

This is such a beautiful, understated piece of writing and a pleasure to read. Clarissa is 17 years old, living at her family's country house, Deyning Park, during 'the last summer', being the summer of 1914 just before the First World War broke out. She meets Tom, their housekeeper's son, and fa...

from CInacio

This book has be completely enthralled, I couldn't put it down! I'm a huge fan of historical fiction so it's no surprise that I enjoyed a novel set in WWI London, but it was also such an idyllic coming of age story. It evoked so many emotions both romantic and heart-breaking. While Clarissa's cha...