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 which 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.
- ISBN10 1845293398
- ISBN13 9781845293390
- Publish Date 25 May 2006
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 24 March 2006
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
- Imprint Robinson Publishing
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English