A SHELTERING TREE BY IRIS BROMIGE IN SOUTH AFRICA

 At one stroke a car crash robs Jennifer Barbury (Mirabel Rainwood's granddaughter) of two close friends and puts an end to her own promising musical career.  To escape from the constant solitude of the Rainwood family circle, she accepts an invitation to stay with her cousin Christine in the Border country.  There the sympathy is less obtrusive and there, too, Jennifer meets Joel and his vivacious four year old niece, and despite Christine's disapproval of Joel, she finds despair gradually yielding to hope again under the influence of his dominant personality and the child's unquenchable thirst for life. Hard cover with dust jacket.  Fairly good condition.  Some signs of wear.  Ex-library.  191 pages.