Publisher's Synopsis
'A powerful writer, inspired...' MAIL ON SUNDAY In the years before the First World War, Benbow Hall is a steady place in an otherwise chaotic world for the Benbow family. Carmel Benbow's children take second place to her garden and, starved of her affections, are suffering. Michael John is a vicious bully, his younger brother Ambrose his primary target, and Astrid, the eldest, is on the brink of a highly unsuitable affair. Help arrives in the form of traveller and horse-dealer Keziah, with her children Honesty and Jack. Keziah works her conventional magic, but it is Honesty's daughter who unites them all in an unexpected way.
