die Seiten sind gebräunt, der Einband ist fleckig und an den Kanten bestoßen, A spellbinding fafnily saga set in Victorian England. Polly Seagrove lives the omfortable, fairly circumscribed life of many young girls in Victorian England. Water`s Edge, her father`s gracious house on the Thames, is supported by the family boatbuilding business and ruled by her beautiful, fragile mother. But Polly is restless: hemmed in by the restraints of her sex and class, ler energy and intelligence seem doomed to be wasted. When tragedy strikes at the heart of her family, threatening the loss of both home and business, it is Polly to whom they turn tor strength and guidance. She is single-minded in her determination to repair the Seagrove fortune and, with an outlet for her cleverness and drive, she blossoms into füll life^ at last. But a shadow from Polly`s youthful past is waiting to tch away all she has worked for... (vom Einbandrücken) 3k3b