Love at Second Sight

A crash, shrieks and a quarrel send Edith Ottley rushing to the door. Her ten-year-old son Archie calmly blames the household’s mysterious guest—and admits he may have turned her mandolin into a cricket bat.

In early-twentieth-century London, Edith’s small Sloane Street home has acquired an unexpected fixture: Madame Frabelle, a charming, outspoken widow who came for a few days and has stayed on. Edith is fascinated by her guest, while Archie tests her patience and Bruce, Edith’s husband, seems oddly impressed. Beneath the family’s teasing exchanges, Edith begins to wonder whether Madame Frabelle is as clever as she claims—and what, exactly, keeps her in their home. How well can Edith really see the woman she has welcomed in?

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