Edith Hope, a young romance novelist sojourns at an old-world lakeside hotel to reflect on her life choices and work on her current book in this beautifully written novel with a sleepy atmosphere characteristic of Woolf or Bowen. You hardly know what era you're in. It's near the end of the season and the quiet hotel is over-populated with women who've all been put to pasture in some form. As a writer/observer, Edith watches, scrutinizes and invents plausible storylines for her fellow guests as the reader does of her until more is revealed about her personal circumstances. In sepia-toned elegance, Edith realises there's more than one option available to women of a particular persuasion. Leisurely.