THE FIRST PATRICK MELROSE NOVEL. At his mother's family house in the south of Fr
ance, Patrick Melrose has the run of a magical garden. Bravely imaginative and s
elf-sufficient, five-year-old Patrick encounters the volatile lives of adults wi
th care.
His father, David, rules with considered cruelty, and Eleanor, his m
other, has retreated into drink. They are expecting guests for dinner. But this
afternoon is unlike the chain of summer days before, and the shocking events tha
t precede the guests' arrival tear Patrick's world in two.
This title was ori
ginally published, along with Bad News and Some Hope, as part of a 3-book packag
e, also called Some Hope.
