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A Sheltering Tree

Iris Bromige

1970191 pagesabout 3–4 hours
1970
first published
  • 1970Hodder & Stoughton · 191 pages · ENGISBN 9780340105696
  • 1972Coronet · 191 pages · ENGISBN 9780340160787
  • 1973Beagle Books · 196 pages · ENG
  • 1980Hodder and Stoughton · 191 pages · ENGISBN 9780340255186
  • 1980Ulverscroft Large Print Books · 336 pages · ENGISBN 9780708905074
  • 1993ISIS Audio Books · ENGISBN 9781850896333

At one stroke a car crash robs Jennifer Barbury (Mirabel Rainwood's grand-daughter) of two close friends and puts an end to her own promising musical career. To escape from the constant solicitude of the Rainwood family circle she accepts an invitation to stay with her cousin Christine in the Border country. There the sympathy is less obtrusive and there, too, Jennifer meets Joel and his vivacious four year old niece, and despite Christine's disapproval of Joel, she finds despair gradually yielding to hope again under the influence of his dominant personality and the child's unquenchable zest for life.

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