"At Deer Forest, an opulent but decaying estate in early twentieth-century Ireland, eight-year-old Nicandra wants only to love and be loved...Enmeshed in dying customs that demand thorough disregard for the humanity of servants and shopkeepers, Nicandra remains oblivious to the dangers facing her from those whose feelings she has trampled over as if they were part of the Irish landscape..."
"At Deer Forest, an opulent but decaying estate in early twentieth-century Ireland, eight-year-old Nicandra wants only to love and be loved...Enmeshed in dying customs that demand thorough disregard for the humanity of servants and shopkeepers, Nicandra remains oblivious to the dangers facing her from those whose feelings she has trampled over as if they were part of the Irish landscape..."
(J.L., p. 87)