Grace And Favor

Now, readers on the other side of the Atlantic will have the opportunity to experience the joys of this extraordinarily talented writer. With intelligence, moments of piercing, bittersweet humor, a finely tuned ear for dialogue, and profound understanding, Caroline Upcher explores the complex and powerful emotional bonds women form . . . push to near-breaking point. . . then redefine and ultimately strengthen.

"Grace & Favor" is the deliciously intriguing story of two sisters and their father. A rogue and a charmer, there was more to Lucas Cammel than met the eye. Did he abandon one child in favor of the other? Did his wife die in childbirth? Why did he leave a fortune to the daughter he deserted? The truth only emerges when, as an adult, Favor flies to America, to find the sister she's never met.

From a farmhouse in Wales to the beaches of the Hamptons on Long Island, this is the story of two women needing to face the truths about their parents, their present and each other.

In May 2001, HarperCollins will publish Caroline Upcher's first North American hardcover novel, Down By The Water. Kensington will then be publishing The Visitors' Book in Spring 2002.