Book description
In the beginning a small girl runs into a wood, and two years later
walks out of it and into the nearest house. Gracie, the childless
spinster who finds her curled up on her armchair, takes her on as her
own, seeing her as a feral gift of fate. Known as Joy in the Cotswold
village that adopts her, there is endless speculation about her wild
past and comical ways. In this moving and passionate tale, Joy grows
into a young woman at the advent of World War II, and when she becomes
romantically involved with a fighter pilot the extraordinary mystery
of her past slowly unravels.
