by JessFoley (Author)
In a small village in the West Country a child is born: a baby girl, the fifth child of an impoverished labourer whose aspirations to be a painter are rapidly fading. For little Blanche the future would appear bleak -- survival, possibly; marriage, possibly; drudgery certainly.
It is by a stroke of good -- and ill -- fortune that Blanche's mother is requested at the 'big house' to look after the motherless daughter of John Savill whose wife has died in childbirth. And the two very different babies are brought up together caring for each other as sisters. But sisters they are not -- as the outside world is keen to point out.
"From the Paperback edition."
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 672
Publisher: Century
Published: 01 Jan 2004
ISBN 10: 1844134520
ISBN 13: 9781844134526
Book Overview: A breathtaking saga by the author of TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN.