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Dark palace: The companion novel to Grand days
Dark palace The companion novel to Grand days Author:Frank Moorhouse We first met the young, idealistic Edith Campbell Berry in Frank Moorhouses exquisite novel Grand Days. In this long-awaited sequel she returns, five years older and rather wiser. Working for the League of Nations in Geneva as it struggles against the inexorable approach of conflict, Edith and her companions must come to terms with the knowledge... more » that their best efforts are useless against the vast machinery of war. At the same time she investigates the darker regions of love and life, mixing with unconventional people, exploring her demons, treading a path through life with unfailing energy and curiosity.« less