In 1876, Louise St Quentin was sixteen. She was an orphan and the rich owner of a huge estate. Her future seemed all mapped out; a marriage of convenience would be arranged for her so that she would have someone to help her manage her estate. But Louise had the rather unfortunate tendency of listening to her heart rather than her reason.
The end of the nineteenth century was terribly exciting, and Louise wanted to discover everything – the adventure lying at the end of the railway track, romantic music, the modern cuisine in the new Parisian restaurants, and impressionist painting. Was her artistic, cultural and above all sensual upbringing going to lead the young girl to her ruin or to love? A native of the Selle valley, would Louise find the grass greener on the other side of the world?
Ignored by her father and older brother, she grew up lonely. At 16 her father dies and she hadn't seen her brother for 4 years and din't know where he was. She just wanted to be loved and of importance to somebody. She was taken advantage of and manipulated by men. She ended up marrying a man in Sydney. Overall I found it a rather depressing book for something that was supposed to be a romance.
7/10
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