A Novel of London's Flower Sellers
William Morrow
February 2015
On Sale: February 3, 2015
Featuring: Tilly Harper
432 pages ISBN: 0062316893 EAN: 9780062316899 Kindle: B00JOG4TOY Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
The author of the USA Today and New York Times bestselling novel The Girl Who Came Home has once again created an unforgettable historical novel. Step into the world of Victorian London, where the wealth and poverty exist side by side. This is the story of two long-lost sisters, whose lives take different paths, and the young woman who will be transformed by their experiences.
In 1912, twenty-year-old Tilly Harper leaves the peace and beauty of her native Lake District for London, to become assistant housemother at Mr. Shawโs Home for Watercress and Flower Girls. For years, the home has cared for Londonโs flower girlsโorphaned and crippled children living on the grimy streets and selling posies of violets and watercress to survive.
Soon after she arrives, Tilly discovers a diary written by an orphan named Florrieโa young Irish flower girl who died of a broken heart after she and her sister, Rosie, were separated. Moved by Florrieโs pain and all she endured in her brief life, Tilly sets out to discover what happened to Rosie. But the search will not be easy. Full of twists and surprises, it leads the caring and determined young woman into unexpected places, including the depths of her own heart.
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