In a Summer Season (1961) is a novel of love, family tensions and the fragile nature of changing relationships. The heroine, Kate Heron is a wealthy, charming widow who marries a man ten years her junior. The return of an old friend, recently widowed and with a beautiful young daughter, upsets the happy equilibrium of life for Kate and her family. Elizabeth Taylor, née Coles (1912 – 1975) was an English novelist and short-story writer, who specialised in small-scale dramas of a domestic nature, which she portrayed with great insight and attention to detail. Lady Antonia Fraser called her "one of the most underrated writers of the 20th century".  Published by Reprint Society in 1962. Good condition. With dust jacket.