Take a journey across America with a poor Victorian flower girl in her epic journey to a better life, from the internationally bestselling author Lesley Pearse
As voted by readers as their favourite Lesley Pearse novel
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One good deed takes her into another world . . .
Sixteen-year-old Matilda is a poor Covent Garden flower girl until the day she saves the life of Tabitha, a minister''s daughter. Welcomed into Tabitha''s family, Matilda is offered the chance of a lifetime.
She leaves behind London''s slums and enters the darkest corners of New York. Traveling across the vast plains to the Wild West, she finds herself in San Francisco, a city in the grip of the gold rush.
Streetwise and strong-willed, Matilda forges a new life for herself and Tabitha among pioneers like Captain James Russell - a man to whom she is deeply attracted.
Yet a civil war will soon rip apart this new nation . . .
Can Matilda and those she loves brave separation and carry on, never looking back?
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''With characters it is impossible not to care about . . . this is storytelling at its very best'' Daily Mail
''Heart-warming and evocative . . . a real delight to read'' Sun
''Lose yourself in this epic saga'' Bella
''Utterly riveting, brilliant'' Closer
''An emotional and moving epic you won''t forget in a hurry'' Woman''s Weekly
- | Author: Lesley Pearse
- | Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- | Publication Date: Jan 28, 2010
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9780141046037
- | ISBN-10: 0141046031
- Author:
- Lesley Pearse
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:
- Jan 28, 2010
- Binding:
- Paperback / softback
- ISBN-13:
- 9780141046037
- ISBN10:
- 0141046031