This edition contains two separate novels set against the backdrop of the same French country estate, separated by decades

The Redemption of George Baxter Henry
George Baxter Henry is having an affair and has been found out by his mother-in-law Muriel; a ninety-one-year-old former silent screen star who now can't keep her mouth shut! With a son (Billy) who is being wooed by a record company, and a daughter (Iska) who is writing a book about apples, the Henry family decamp to a village in France to sort themselves out. George and his wife Pearl both want to save their marriage, but for different reasons; Billy sees the world through cocaine-tinted eyelids, Iska is growing up and discovering other fruit. Muriel is sharp and bitter and seems reluctant to get to the great cinema in the sky.

The Last Estate
Father Leterrier, what will happen to people who stray from the path of Holy Purity?
They will rot in the fires of Hell. Their flesh will melt, and all of the impurities in their blood will be filtered onto the floor like a carpet of evil dust.
It is the summer of 1920 and Christian Aragon is about to graduate from school. The sixteen year-old covets the body of an older woman married and a teacher at his school. This not only imperils his mortal soul, but threatens other consequences as well. Surrounded by vineyards and mountains and the relentless heat of the Provencal sun, there is passion, anger, fear, and blood in this tiny village at the foot of the Dentelles. But what prize awaits those who dare defy tradition, and what is the price to be paid for following one s heart?