Ratings
Rated: 7 times. Average rating 3.29
Description
Haunted by the events of World War II, young Cressida lives in terror of George Harding, a severely disfigured soldier who recovers in the family's stately African home, a situation that binds them when George saves Cressida's family from financial ruin and establishes them in his estate's servants' quarters.
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