Summary Note |
It is 20 years since Julius died, but this last heroic action still affects the lives of the people he left behind: Emma, his youngest daughter, is twenty-seven years old and afraid of men. Cressida, her sister, a war widow, blindly searches for love in her affairs with married men. Esme, Julius' widow, still attractive at 58, is aimlessly lost in the routine of her perfect home. Felix, Esme's old lover who left her when Julius died, is still plagued with guilt for his action. And finally there is Dan, the outsider. Throughout one disastrous and revelatory weekend in Sussex, the influence of the dead Julius slowly emerges - container. |