'Alice Dwyer-Joyce holds the reader with a rich web of stories... and is always entertaining.' - CAMBRIDGE INDEPENDENT PRESS. Phillipa Gray, an orphan, aged eight, travels to Ireland to live with her grandfather. She regains her belief in fairies in that enchanted country where even the housekeeper tells fortunes. With tragedy, there appears a mysterious benefactor-guardian who seems obsessed with the idea of creating a perfect woman. Thus, as the years pass, Phillipa 'acquires every desirable attribute that a young lady of great expectations should possess', yet she does not learn who is responsible for her good fortune.
Genre: General Fiction
Genre: General Fiction
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