Book description
1925. England is prosperous; the nation has put the war behind it, and
hope is in the air. The Jazz Age is in full swing in New York, where
Polly Morland is the most feted beauty of the day. But a proposal of
marriage from the powerful, enigmatic Ren Alexander takes her by
surprise. Her cousin Lennie, expanding his interests from radio to
television and talkies, worries that no one knows much about Ren; but
his attempts to find out more threaten disaster. In London, the General
Strike gives the country another chance to show its stiff upper lip, as
everyone turns to and helps out. Emma drives an ambulance again, while
Molly runs a canteen, and each unexpectedly finds love, and a new
career. But the whirligig is slowing, shadows are gathering over Europe,
and the good times are almost over. Morland Place is threatened by the
worst disaster of its history, and the Old World reaches out a hand to
pluck Polly from the New. The Wall Street Crash brings the fabulous
decade to a shattering close, and nothing will ever be quite the same
again; but new shoots emerge from the ruins, hope is reborn, and the
Morlands prove again that family is everything, and will endure.
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles is a past winner of the Romantic Novelists Award,
and also the creator of the increasingly popular series of crime novels
featuring Inspector Bill Slider.
