Book description
Is love worth dying for?
When Alis's parents reveal that she has been chosen to marry a man
of forty, she is distraught - how can such an unnatural marriage be
right? She abandons her life in the oppressive community where she has
been brought up and flees to the city in search of freedom, only to
find herself caught up in events beyond her control. Will Alis's
decision to defy her parents have fatal consequences, not just for
her, but for everyone who tries to help her, including the boy she loves?
Naomi Rich was awarded a BA in English Literature from Newnham
College, Cambridge, and a PGCE from Manchester University. For many
years, she taught English at St Paul's Girls' School in London.
Alis
is her first novel, although she has enjoyed writing from a young age.
She is particularly interested in seventeenth century Puritanism, as
well as nineteenth century novels and medicine.
