In a Summer Season by Elizabeth Taylor
Title In a Summer Season Author Elizabeth Taylor Genre Modern Classic (Virago) Location Late 1950s London Suburb The main players Kate – Widowed mother of two remarried just a year to a man ten years her junior. Kate is middle aged and worried about appearing as mutton dressed as lamb, she is struggling to fit in with her old world. Dermot:- The younger man. We learn early on that Dermot finds it difficult to hold down a job, Kates friends aren’t quite sure what to think of him, is he only after the money that Alan left her? Even his mother is not so quietly disappointed in him! Tom: Kate and late Alans eldest he’s 22. Alan works in the factory with his grandfather. Tom feels trapped, he feels he has no choice in his professional life so makes up for it in his personal life with a string of girlfriends. Louise: Is 16, home for the summer from boarding school, not quite sure where she belongs Ethel: Kates elderly ex suffragette aun...
