The Garden Party and Sixpence

Content appropriate for teenagers to young adults

In The Garden Party, Laura is excited about her mother’s annual garden party until she discovers that a man has died close to the family’s home.

In Sixpence, when Dicky, an active, exuberant young boy, accidentally breaks a plate, is his mother her usual understanding self, or does she give in to interfering Mrs Spears’ pressure to punish him?