Author: Chevalier, Tracy
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Published on 29 August 2013 by Harpercollins Publishers (The Borough Press) in the United Kingdom.
Paperback | 400 pages
198 x 136 x 25 | 284g
'Addictively compelling' The Times
'A joy to read' Maggie O'Farrell
Honor Bright is a sheltered Quaker who has rarely ventured out of 1850s Dorset when she impulsively emigrates to America. Opposed to the slavery that defines and divides the country, she finds her principles tested to the limit when a runaway slave appears at the farm of her new family. In this tough, unsentimental place, where whisky bottles sit alongside quilts, Honor befriends two spirited women who will teach her how to turn ideas into action.