Escaping the deprivation of Victorian London's slums, Matilda Jennings travels to America with Giles, a Church of England minister, his wife Lily, and their young daughter Tabitha. There she finds passion and heartbreak, but it's not until she meets Captain James Russell that she finds true love. A love that must withstand separation, war, and the constraints of their society. Matty has a hard road to travel, but eventually she discovers that life must go on, no matter how painful, and that she must never look back...
- ISBN10 0141802634
- ISBN13 9780141802633
- Publish Date 26 April 2001 (first published 12 March 2000)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 28 February 2003
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition Unabridged edition
- Format Audiobook
- Pages 4
- Language English
