Book description
On the morning of her wedding, Pell Ridley creeps out of bed in the
dark, kisses her sisters goodbye and flees - determined to escape a
future that offers nothing but hard work and sorrow. She takes the
only thing that truly belongs to her: Jack, a white horse.
The road ahead is rich with longing, silence and secrets, and each
encounter leads her closer to the untold story of her past. Then Pell
meets a hunter, infuriating, mysterious and cold. Will he help her to
find what she seeks?
With all the hallmarks of Meg Rosoff's extraordinary writing, The
Bride's Farewell also breaks new ground for this author, in a
nineteenth century, Hardyesque setting. This is a moving story of love
and lost things, with a core of deep, beautiful romance.
Meg Rosoff became a publishing sensation with her first novel,
How
I Live Now
, which won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. Her second novel,
Just in Case
, won the Carnegie Medal in 2007.
What I Was
was described by
The Times
as 'Samuel Beckett on Ecstasy'. Meg lives in London with her husband
and daughter.
