Book description
Set just after the Napoleonic wars, Small Gains is the story of Clara,
a true heroine who struggles to keep her head above water in a time of
poverty and prejudice. Nat, the cruel but incredibly attractive son of
the local rich family, turns both Clara and her family's lives upside
down, both in the world of racing and in the flushes of first love. And
with the threat of tuberculosis hanging over them all, Clara faces up to
her extraordinary life and loves with certainty and passion. This is a
powerful novel - the story that Jane Austen never told
THERE ARE VERY FEW BORN STORY-TELLERS. K. M. PEYTON IS ONE OF THEM'
The Times
Kathleen M Peyton is a top-selling author of more than thirty
novels, the best-known of which is FLAMBARDS which, with its sequels,
was made into a TV serial. The winner of both the Carnegie Medal and
the Guardian Award for her work, this is her seventh title for the
Transworld children's lists.
Author lives: Essex
