(Paperback)

The life New Zealand author Katherine Mansfield, poses the central question of this novel. As the tumultuous life Mansfield unfolds, the ordinary lives of those around her, and those contemporary characters who are recounting her story, are also examined.

(Paperback, Main)

It was the last summer of innocence - the summer when everything changed...

In the tradition of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood and Steel Magnolias, The Ladies Lending Library is a bittersweet tale of mothers, daughters, friends and lovers across the long, languorous summer of 1963: a summer of innocence and discovery, understanding and belonging.