Book description
Carrie Preston is used to hard work - oldest of ten, with an
incompetent mother and a drunken father, she struggles to find food for
her siblings. But nothing could have prepared her for the day fate deals
her family the cruellest of hands, rendering them more desperate than
ever. In a harsh world, small acts of kindness can bring great hope -
Eli Beckett's offer of a job at the Dragon pub promises a better future
for Carrie, especially as Eli's uncle has offered his nephew some spare
land to build a music room. With the great cities of England alive to
the sound of music halls, the locals of Hedderby are soon looking
forward to their own place of celebration and merriment. Yet not
everyone in the town shares this excitement, and some will stop at
nothing in the pursuit of selfish gain. Anna Jacobs grew up in
Lancashire and emigrated to Australia a while ago, but still visits the
UK regularly to see her family and do research, something she loves. She
has two grown-up daughters and lives with her husband in a spacious
waterfront home. Often, as she writes, dolphins frolic outside the
window of her office. Inside, the house is crammed with thousands of
books.
