Book description
Beautiful, dark-haired Lily has been abandoned in a Birmingham slum as
a tiny child. With few clues as to her identity she endures a childhood
of loneliness and loss. At eighteen she applies for a post as nanny with
the family of a Captain Fairford, a soldier in Ambala, north India and
his highly strung wife Susan. Lily is drawn into the emotional life of
the Fairford family and adores her charge, two year old Cosmo.
When, in 1907, Captain Fairford orders a new Daimler car, it is brought
out by a young motor mechanic, Sam Ironside. Sam and Lily fall deeply in
love, and it is only later that Lily learns that Sam is married and
feels utterly betrayed. When Cosmo is later sent home to school, Lily
finds another post with a Dr. McBride and his invalid wife, in a
beautiful Himalayan hill station. The place is idyllic, and Lily settles
for a quiet life. However, she is unprepared for the pain and
misunderstandings that follow and force her to run from everything she
has known . . .
Where Earth Meets Sky
takes us from Edwardian England and the British Raj, through the
darkness of the Great War to the glamour of Brooklands Race Track in the
1920s. Spanning two continents, it is a story of enduring friendships
and two hearts which cannot be kept apart. Annie Murray was born in
Berkshire and read English at St John's Oxford. Her first job took her
to Birmingham where most of her books are set. Her first 'Birmingham'
novel, Birmingham Rose
, hit The Times
bestseller list when it was published in 1995. She has subsequently
written eight other successful novels, including, most recently,
Family of Women
. She has four children and now lives in Reading.
