Book description
At Niagara Falls, Toby O'Hara offers rides over the rushing water in
a red and blue striped hot air balloon. The balloon is a day job for
Toby, his night work is to continue to perfect his father's design for
a flying machine.
On the other side of the Atlantic, Ursula Bridgewater, an
independent woman from Liverpool, is ungraciously dumped by her
fiancé. Ursula turns to the thrill of travel as an escape, and
chooses a young orphan, Sally Walker, as her travelling companion. But
Sally is never going to be quite as prepared for the land of freedom
and opportunity as Ursula - and certainly not ready to accept Toby
O'Hara's invitation to see Niagara from a great height.
Together these indomitable characters are lifted by small acts of
bravery to find - surprised and heartened - that what once seemed
terrifying is in fact the opposite...
Jennie Rooney was born in Liverpool in 1980. She read History at the
University of Cambridge and taught English in France before moving to
London to work as a lawyer. Her first novel,
Inside the Whale
, was a Richard and Judy debut choice, Tesco Book Club selection and
shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award.
