Sixteen year old Elizabeth Sharpe, disobedient one too many times, is banished to Honiton to live with her aunt and cousins in the hope she will learn the error of her ways. Four others travelon the coach, all of whom for better and worse, are to play a part in her life. When the typhus comes to London, Elizabeth comes to realize life is not infinite. Where she expected to find onlyunhappiness and rebellion, instead she comes to love the town, and one person in particular.
A Devon lacemaker dies of a fever in 1770, leaving her children to fend for themselves. With a crippled younger brother, Peter, eleven year old Susannah must find the determination and the means to keep them alive. Their love for each other and the kindness of strangers creates an inspiring story of the goodness and bond of humanity.
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