Robinson's daughter

Jane Gardam's most important novel is finally available as an audiobook. 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 here, but there are books, and through reading, Polly quietly develops into a silent, unyielding rebel. There is one book she reads over and over: "Robinson Crusoe" becomes her compass in every situation. Polly never completely leaves her own lonely island. Yet by the end of her nearly century-spanning life, she will have experienced love and disappointment, depression and saving friendship, and will have found her destiny. A grand story full of hidden secrets behind padded doors, as sophisticated and clever as only Jane Gardam can portray. "When I finished, I felt that I didn't need to write any more books. Take it or leave it: In Robinson's Daughter.".