The Camomile Lawn: A Novel

International Bestseller: A novel of youthful love and loss and "a powerful evocation of the war years" in England (The Guardian).

On a hot August evening in 1939, cousins Oliver, Calypso, Polly, Walter, and Sophy spent one last night together, celebrating the end of summer, at the home of their aunt and uncle. Now, forty years later, as the motley cast of characters drive to the funeral of one of their own, they recall how important that night truly was—and all that came after.

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