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'Completely charming' Imogen Hermes Gowar, author of The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock
'An engaging story with lovely detail' Daily Mail
Ohio, 1838. To save the lives of others, a young seamstress must risk her own.
When young seamstress May Bedloe is left alone and penniless on the shore of the Ohio, she finds work on the famous floating theatre that plies its trade along the river. Her creativity and needlework skills quickly become invaluable and she settles in to life among the colourful troupe of actors. She finds friends, and possibly the promise of more ...
But cruising the border between the Confederate South and the 'free' North is fraught with danger.
For the sake of a debt that must be repaid, May is compelled to transport secret passengers, under cover of darkness, across the river and on, along the underground railroad.
But as May's secrets become harder to keep, she learns she must endanger those now dear to her.
And to save the lives of others, she must risk her own . . .
A gloriously involving and powerful read for fans of The Essex Serpent and Tracy Chevalier's The Last Runaway. Martha Conway has been nominated for an Edgar Award and won the North American Book Award for Best Historical Fiction. She teaches creative writing for Stanford University's Continuing Studies Program. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, she is one of seven sisters. She now lives in San Francisco with her family. The underground railroad is perennially fascinating - the novel is poised in a moment and location between confederate South and the free North, just before the Civil War. It's uniquely compelling. Rich and thought-provoking Reading Group material will be included This will be the stand-out, must-own package of 2017 (for fans of THE MUSE, THE BALLROOM and THE ESSEX SERPENT) This novel will capture your imagination and your heart A truly compelling female character in an impossible position - very powerful talking point for book clubs and PR
'An engaging story with lovely detail' Daily Mail
Ohio, 1838. To save the lives of others, a young seamstress must risk her own.
When young seamstress May Bedloe is left alone and penniless on the shore of the Ohio, she finds work on the famous floating theatre that plies its trade along the river. Her creativity and needlework skills quickly become invaluable and she settles in to life among the colourful troupe of actors. She finds friends, and possibly the promise of more ...
But cruising the border between the Confederate South and the 'free' North is fraught with danger.
For the sake of a debt that must be repaid, May is compelled to transport secret passengers, under cover of darkness, across the river and on, along the underground railroad.
But as May's secrets become harder to keep, she learns she must endanger those now dear to her.
And to save the lives of others, she must risk her own . . .
A gloriously involving and powerful read for fans of The Essex Serpent and Tracy Chevalier's The Last Runaway. Martha Conway has been nominated for an Edgar Award and won the North American Book Award for Best Historical Fiction. She teaches creative writing for Stanford University's Continuing Studies Program. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, she is one of seven sisters. She now lives in San Francisco with her family. The underground railroad is perennially fascinating - the novel is poised in a moment and location between confederate South and the free North, just before the Civil War. It's uniquely compelling. Rich and thought-provoking Reading Group material will be included This will be the stand-out, must-own package of 2017 (for fans of THE MUSE, THE BALLROOM and THE ESSEX SERPENT) This novel will capture your imagination and your heart A truly compelling female character in an impossible position - very powerful talking point for book clubs and PR