The Valentine House

The Valentine HouseHenderson's Grace Williams Says It Loud was shortlisted for the Orange Prize and this more than matches it.'Elizabeth Buchan, Daily MailIn June 1914, Sir Anthony Valentine, a keen mountaineer, arrives with his family to spend the summer in their chalet, high in the French Alps. There, for the first time, fourteen year old foundling Mathilde starts work as one of the 'uglies' village girls employed as servants and picked, it is believed, to ensure they

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