After an unhappy experience in her first job, sixteen-year-old, Elinor Odell takes the little train home to her family one snowy Christmas eve. But she soon realizes that her idyllic childhood has come to an end and that everything is set to change. Elin applies for a position as governess and companion to the Lamberts, who treat her as one of the family. She grows up herself whilst caring for their children; making close friends, falling headlong in love with an older man and supporting her beloved sister Jenny, trapped in an unhappy marriage. But, when the Lamberts suffer a tragedy, it is up to Elin to hold them all together and selflessly postpone her own fulfillment. Will she ever find happiness?
- ISBN10 0709079176
- ISBN13 9780709079170
- Publish Date 31 October 2005
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 April 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher The Crowood Press Ltd
- Imprint Robert Hale Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English