'One of the most underrated novelists of the twentieth century... Her world is totally absorbing' - Antonia Fraser
Kate Heron, a wealthy, charming widow, has married a man ten years her junior, the attractive and feckless Dermot. Their special love arms them against the disapproval of conservative friends and neighborsuntil the return of Kate's old friend Charles, intelligent, kind, and now widowed with a beautiful daughter. At first Kate watches happily as the two families are drawn together, only dimly aware of the subtle undercurrents beginning to disturb the calm surface of their friendship. Before long, however, even she cannot ignore the gathering storm.
'When you've finished In a Summer Season, you are totally fired up to read every book that Taylor ever wrote.' - Val Hennessy
'Sophisticated, sensitive and brilliantly amusing, with a kind of stripped, piercing, feminine wit.' - Rosamond Lehmann
'An author of great subtlety, great compassion and great depth.' - Sarah Waters
