From the author of the USA Today
bestseller The Girl Who Came Home comes an unforgettable
historical novel that tells the story of two little sisters - orphaned flower
sellers - and the young woman who will be transformed by their experiences.
‘For
Little Sister … I will never stop looking for you.’
1876. Among the filth and
depravity of Covent Garden’s flower markets, orphaned Irish sisters Flora and
Rosie Flynn sell posies of violets and watercress to survive. It is a pitiful
existence, made bearable only by the presence of each other. When they become
separated, the decision of a desperate woman sets their lives on very different
paths.
1912.
Twenty-one-year-old Tilly Harper leaves the peace and beauty of her native Lake
District for London, to become assistant housemother at Mr. Shaw’s Home for
Watercress and Flower Girls. For years, the home has cared for London’s
orphaned and crippled flower girls, taking them off the streets. For Tilly, the
appointment is a fresh start; a chance to leave her troubled past behind.
Soon
after she arrives, Tilly discovers a notebook belonging to Flora Flynn. Hidden
between the pages she finds dried flowers and a heartbreaking tale of loss and
separation as Flora’s entries reveal how she never stopped looking for her
sister. Tilly sets out to discover what
happened to Rosie. But the search will not be easy. Full of twists and
surprises, it leads the caring and determined young woman into unexpected
places, including the depths of her own heart.
Hazel
Gaynor is the
author of The Girl Who Came Home
(William Morrow Paperbacks; ISBN: 9780062316868; 04/15/2014). She is also a freelance
writer, writing regularly for the national press, magazines and websites in
Ireland and the UK. Her writing success has been featured in The Sunday Times Magazine and Irish Times and she has also appeared on
TV and radio. Hazel is a guest blogger and features writer for national Irish
writing website writing.ie for which she has interviewed, among others,
Philippa Gregory, Sebastian Faulks and Cheryl Strayed. Hazel was the recipient
of the 2012 Cecil Day Lewis award for Emerging Writers and appeared as a guest speaker
at the Romantic Novelists’ Association Conference and the Historical Novel
Society Conference in 2014. You can reach her at https://www.facebook.com/hazelgaynorbooks.
William
Morrow Trade Paperback; February 3, 2015; $14.99; ISBN: 9780062316899
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