Railway Girls

FROM THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF THE LAST PEARL AND DANCING AT THE VICTORY CAFE , this is a beautiful novel about family secrets, betrayal and redemption.

Deep in the dales of the West Riding Fells lies Scarsbeck, a remote village peopled by a close-knit community of colourful characters: Ellie Birkett, steadfastly resisting her mother's attempts to marry her off; Vicar Hardy, wrestling with the temptations of the flesh; Ezra Bulstrode, village headmaster, with an unhealthy dedication to the education of his young students; and enigmatic woman Beth Wildman, who believes she can foresee the future. Surrounded by wild moorland and the majestic Yorkshire peaks, time seems to stand still in this magical corner of the world.

But change is on its way. The dales echo with fearsome noise; construction scars the hillside: the railway is coming - right through Scarsbeck village. And with the arrival of a huge workforce charged with building the railway, the peaceful idyll is shattered for ever.

Praise for Leah Fleming
'I enjoyed it enormously.It's a moving and compelling story about a lifetime's journey in search of the truth' RACHEL HORE
'A born storyteller' KATE ATKINSON

DE LA AUTORUL ACLAMAT AL ULTIMEI PERLE SI A DANTAT LA CAFE DE VICTORIE, acesta este un frumos roman despre secretele de familie, tradarea si rascumpararea. Adanc in valurile din West Riding Fells se afla Scarsbeck, un sat indepartat, populat de o comunitate stransa de personaje colorate: Ellie Birkett, rezistand cu staruinta incercarilor mamei sale de a se casatori cu ea; Vicar Hardy, luptandu-se cu ispitele trupului; Ezra Bulstrode, director de sat, cu o dedicare nesanatoasa educatiei tinerilor sai studenti; si enigmatica femeie Beth Wildman, care crede ca poate prevedea viitorul.