The Summer House: A Trilogy

<p><b>"A work of astonishing illumination and delight . . . so edgy, bright and subversive about women's inner lives and experience."--Francine Prose, <i>New York Times Book Review</i></b></p><p><b>"The subtlety of James, the comedy of Spark, the penetrating--and the deep, unflinching--eye of Jane Austen."--<i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b></p><p><b>*A <i>New York Times</i> Notable Book*</b></p><p>In <i>The Summer House</i> trilogy, three very different women, with three very distinct perspectives, narrate three very witty novels concerning one disastrous wedding in the offing.</p><p><i>The Clothes in the Wardrobe</i>: Nineteen-year-old Margaret feels more trepidation than joy at the prospect of her marriage to forty-year-old Syl.</p><p><i>The Skeleton in the Cupboard</i>: Syl's mother, Mrs. Monro, doesn't know quite what to make of her son's life, but she knows Margaret should not marry him.</p><p><i>The Fly in the Ointment</i>: And then there's Lili, the free spirit who is determined that the wedding shall not happen, no matter the consequences.</p>