Daughters and Sons

Sabine Ponsonby rules her large household with an iron fist, and her daughter, Hetta, is just as cruel. The family's younger generation begins to rebel, and the seeds for a reckoning are sown. This novel is written in Ivy Compton-Burnett's iconic style, full of veiled insults and manipulations.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 28 July 2022
Publisher: Pushkin Press

Sabine Ponsonby rules her vast household with an iron fist, matched only by her haughty daughter, Hetta. As her relentless cruelty drives one governess after another to flee, the younger generation of the family begins to stir in rebellion, planting the seeds for a catastrophic reckoning. Written in Ivy Compton-Burnett's iconic style, where dialogue drips with veiled insults and manipulations, "Daughters and Sons" is an acidic comedy of cold deceptions, mistaken identities, and family struggles for dominance.

Sabine Ponsonby presides over her large household with despotic force, rivalled only by her imperious daughter, Hetta. As her needling cruelties cause one governess after another to flee, the family's younger generation begins to stir in revolt, and the seeds for a reckoning are sown. Written in Ivy Compton-Burnett's iconic style, where dialogue seethes with veiled insults and manipulations, "Daughters and Sons" is an acidic comedy of cold deceptions, mistaken identities, and family struggles for dominance.

Dimension: 198 x 129 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781782278702