A thoroughly enjoyable fill-in for the Chalet School series, covering the missing months in The Chalet School in Exile,including Joey's wedding, the death of Margot Venables, and the finding and fitting out of various houses and the school itself. The style was very well matched to EBD's own (including the of-it's-time coyness about pregnancy, which made me smile), and as well as the events we knew about, there were some suitably CS adventures, like being cut off by the tide and Joey (literally) painting herself into a corner. At times, I did feel there was almost too much going on for one book. (Maybe that's why EBD left it out of Exile!) I especially enjoyed the inclusion of Gisela and Gottfried (favourites of mine) and the idea of the little school at Bonne Maison before the School proper was restarted.