Description

1896. Tirzah, Sophia and Polly are best friends who’ve left boarding school and gone back to very different lives. Polly is teaching in an orphanage. Sophia is looking for a rich husband at the London Season. And Tirzah is stuck acting as an unpaid companion to her grandmother. In a series of letters, they share their hopes, their frustrations, their dramas … and their romances. Can these three very different young women find happiness?

Publisher Review

"I loved this book. An unputdownable friendship story told in letters so vivid and immersive that I felt like joining in with the correspondence" -- Hilary McKay "The perfect novel for our anxiety-ridden times, with its thrilling plot, brave heroines and empowering message... This is simply a heavenly book that anyone 10+ will want to lose themselves in on cold, autumnal nights" * The Bookseller, Book of the Month * "Technically brilliant and consistently engaging... could well be [Sally Nicholls'] best yet" * Books for Keeps *