Book description
Betsy is eighteen years old when she is sold in the market place to
farmer Daniel Forrester. Since childhood her beauty has sparked
jealousy from many quarters, but she is intelligent and ambitious as
well as beautiful and, unlike many in her position, she has been
taught to read and write. Betsy's dream is for equality between men
and women. Although Daniel does not treat Betsy like a servant as her
first husband did, his jealousy, when a young man comes to work on the
farm, is extremely disruptive. The two become distant and Betsy,
having always felt like an outcast in her family, decides to
investigate the death of her father who reputedly died when she was a
baby.
Joan Moules lives by the sea in Selsey, Sussex. She has two
daughters, five grandchildren and two cats. She writes fiction and
non-fiction, and among her many other interests are reading, walking,
the theatre, music hall and Victorian jewellery.
