Robinsons Tochter

In "Robinson's Daughter," everything I have to say is contained within. (Jane Gardam) It tells the story of a profoundly unusual woman. Sensitively, humorously, and cleverly narrated, as one would expect from the bestselling author of the British trilogy "Old Filth."

England 1904 – Polly, already a veteran of foster care at the age of six, arrives at her pious aunts' yellow house by the sea. There is little entertainment, but there are books, and through reading, Polly quietly develops into a silent, unyielding rebel. One book she reads repeatedly: "Robinson Crusoe" becomes her compass in every situation. Polly never completely leaves her own lonely island, Flint. Yet by the end of her nearly century-spanning life, she will have experienced love and disappointment, depression and saving friendship, and found her destiny. A grand novel full of hidden secrets behind padded doors, as intricate and wise as only Jane Gardam can present them.