num_pages: 300
description: A woman takes her husband and children to the Italian home of another English family accompanied by her eccentric father. A sense of foreboding hangs over the holiday from the start as the house, as well as its absentee owners, exert their presence.
language: English
title: Summer's Lease
titlecomplete: Summer's Lease
genres: Modern, Novels, Literature, Comedy, Italy, British Literature, Mystery, Fiction, Contemporary, Humor
ratings_count: 806
places: Tuscany
publisher: Penguin Books Ltd