Title: The New Moon with the Old
Author: Dodie Smith
Author: Dodie Smith
Publication: 1963, Corsair paperback edition 2012
Genre: Fiction
Plot: Since her mother died, Jane Minton has sought live-in positions and has no permanent home so is full of anticipation for her new job as secretary/housekeeper to the attractive Rupert Carrington, a London businessman. When she arrives, luggage in hand, at the Carringtons’ country home she meets his children, three adults: Richard, a mid-20s
aspiring composer; Clare, pretty and ineffective; Drew, determined to write a
novel set in the Edwardian era; and 14-year-old Merry, a precocious teen
planning to go on the stage. When disaster strikes, Rupert is exposed as an
embezzler and flees the country, while the Carrington offspring and Jane must join
forces to save their existence at Dome House.
