![]() ![]() As Louise, an art teacher, prefers to laze about and paint, but Charity enjoys visiting the sites, she asks David to accompany her on a day trip to Nimes. Soon Charity hears a rumor that David’s father is a murderer. At a hotel in Avignon, Charity strikes up an acquaintance with David, a lonely boy who is traveling with his stepmother, who shows little interest in the boy. Charity Selbourne is on holiday with her friend Louise. Madam, Will You Talk? is Mary Stewart’s first published novel, and it’s set during six days in the glorious South of France. The first sentence is: “The whole affair began so very quietly.” What else can you ask for? ![]() No idea how I came to pick up Mary Stewart, but once I did I was hooked. I had crept into the grown-up department of the public library in secret, because I was supposed to look after my younger siblings over in the children’s department, and had to grab books quickly. Madam, Will You Talk? may very well be the very first grown-up romance I ever read. ![]()
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