The Summer House - Hardcover

In the small inlaid wooden box, Matt's mother had kept all his childhood memories.. Amongst them are many photos of Matt as a child, growing up. But something about the photos has always puzzled Matt - was that really him? Why did he not remember those clothes? The toys? And where, in the photos, was his sister Imogen? He has a strange unresolved feeling that there is something missing in his life.

Imogen is living with her husband, a country vet, and their gorgeous baby in a rented cottage. Since her childhood she has loved the Summer House, a charming folly in the grounds of her oldest friends' beautiful and ancient house on Exmoor, and now they have the chance of buying. But her marriage is threatened when her husband refuses to live so far from his practice.

Meanwhile, Matt begins to discovers the strange and tragic secret which has affected his whole life...

Matt's mother kept all his childhood memories in a small inlaid wooden box, amongst the many photos of Matt as a child.

But something about those photos has always puzzled Matt - is that really him? Why does he not remember those clothes? The toys? And where, in the photos, is his sister Imogen? He has grown up with a strange, unresolved feeling that there is something missing in his life.

Imogen, meanwhile, is living with her husband, a country vet, and their gorgeous baby in a rented cottage. Ever since her childhood she has loved the Summer House, a charming folly in the grounds of a beautiful and ancient house on Exmoor, and now they have the chance of buying it. But her marriage is threatened when her husband refuses to move.

Eventually, the Summer House provides the key to the strange and tragic secret which has affected Matt's whole life.