In 1914 Jessie's widowed mother brings in the creepy Mr Morgan to run her small-town Lancashire bakery and then her life. Jessie finds solace in the company of Bob, her father's apprentice, who she considers a friend. She has been walking out with Arthur, a boy of her own age, but Arthur volunteers for the army and is soon presumed killed. Before leaving, Arthur secreted messages to his love behind a heart-shaped stone wedged in a dry-stone wall and this is where Jessie comes to for solace. Eventually, after war's end in 1918, Arthur returns, but does Jessie's heart still belong to him?
| ISBN: | 9781912905270 |
| Publication date: | 18th February 2021 |
| Author: | Judith Barrow |
| Publisher: | Honno Welsh Women's Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 344 pages |
| Series: | Honno Modern Fiction |
| Genres: |
Historical Fiction |