Fourteen-year-old Lizzie Hinton is in shock. She has her ear pressed against the parlour door, straining to hear the whispering within. She shouldn’t be eavesdropping, but she can’t help herself. A decision she will bitterly regret . . .
Her head is reeling as she struggles to come to terms with what she’s her great-grandmother Bessie was a corrupt criminal hanged for her crimes.
The scandal follows Lizzie through her adolescence. By the time she reaches womanhood, she feels cursed by the past. But is the past really so clear-cut?
Lizzie vows to find out what really happened to her great-grandmother all those years ago. Will the truth finally free her from shame and allow her to embrace a future with the man she loves? Or will it lead to her own demise . . .
This coming-of-age saga follows one woman’s journey from the last years of Queen Victoria’s reign to the brink of World War II.
Fourteen-year-old Lizzie Hinton is in shock. She has her ear pressed against the parlour door, straining to hear the whispering within. She shouldn’t be eavesdropping, but she can’t help herself. A decision she will bitterly regret . . .
Her head is reeling as she struggles to come to terms with what she’s her great-grandmother Bessie was a corrupt criminal hanged for her crimes.
The scandal follows Lizzie through her adolescence. By the time she reaches womanhood, she feels cursed by the past. But is the past really so clear-cut?
Lizzie vows to find out what really happened to her great-grandmother all those years ago. Will the truth finally free her from shame and allow her to embrace a future with the man she loves? Or will it lead to her own demise . . .
This coming-of-age saga follows one woman’s journey from the last years of Queen Victoria’s reign to the brink of World War II.