Lizzie is 15 and she knows what she wants to be. She wants to be a governess.
However, the fact that she, along with the rest of her working class family, work in the local mill, this dream job looks to be more of a piper dream than something she can attain.
However, She meets a young solider called Harry who is stationed locally, but as their romance seems to be blossoming, Harry is sent away as part of the war.
Whilst she is trying to forget about Harry, she becomes a companion to Molly, who is the daughter of the family that owns the mill, for Molly is a sickly girl and is too ill to attend school.
As well as being her companion, the two girls swiftly develop a genuine friendship and Lizzie is able to teach Molly everything she knows.
Could this mean that Lizzie's dream might have a chance of becoming a reality?
But then she receives a letter form Harry, who has been injured and is now recuperating in a military hospital.
What happens next?
This is a charming and somewhat bitter-sweet romantic novel and it is the debut novel of poet Beverley J. Tucker.
It is published by Matador at £7.99.
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