Publisher's Synopsis
ELIZA AND LISTER HAVE NEVER BEEN THIS WIDE-AWAKE IN THEIR LIVES, AND THE SLOPE, WITH ITS CURTAINS DRAWN WIDE, IS BRIGHT WITH STARLIGHT. THEY TALK IN WHISPERS, NOT TO DISTURB THE MAIDS WHO LIE SLEEPING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BOX ROOM. THE QUESTION ELIZA'S BEEN NEEDING TO ASK SWELLS LIKE A GREAT BERRY IN HER MOUTH, AND ALL AT ONCE SHE'S NOT SCARED TO LET IT OUT, NOT SCARED AT ALL, NOT SCARED OF ANYTHING... 1805. Eliza Raine attends the Manor School for Young Ladies in York. The daughter of an Indian mother and a British father, she is a loner who spends her days avoiding the attention of her fellow pupils. Until a charismatic new student arrives at the school - the fearless, troublesome tomboy Anne Lister. The two are immediately thrown together, and soon this brilliant and curious young woman will turn Eliza's life inside-out...
