Born at Tawborough in 1848, the year of revolutions, Mary Lee tells her own life from a childhood shaped by the narrow chapel world of her family, its meetings, preachers and terror of the end of the world. A cruel uncle, school, work as a governess and love all test what she has been taught.
An intense, overlooked novel of 1922, a portrait of faith, fear and a woman’s independence. Download the free EPUB.