Take a journey across America with a poor Victorian flower girl in her epic journey to a better life, from the internationally bestselling author Lesley Pearse

As voted by readers as their favourite Lesley Pearse novel
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One good deed takes her into another world . . .

Sixteen-year-old Matilda is a poor Covent Garden flower girl until the day she saves the life of Tabitha, a minister's daughter. Welcomed into Tabitha's family, Matilda is offered the chance of a lifetime.

She leaves behind London's slums and enters the darkest corners of New York. Traveling across the vast plains to the Wild West, she finds herself in San Francisco, a city in the grip of the gold rush.

Streetwise and strong-willed, Matilda forges a new life for herself and Tabitha among pioneers like Captain James Russell - a man to whom she is deeply attracted.

Yet a civil war will soon rip apart this new nation . . .

Can Matilda and those she loves brave separation and carry on, never looking back?
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'With characters it is impossible not to care about . . . this is storytelling at its very best' Daily Mail

'Heart-warming and evocative . . . a real delight to read' Sun

'Lose yourself in this epic saga' Bella

'Utterly riveting, brilliant' Closer

'An emotional and moving epic you won't forget in a hurry' Woman's Weekly

Sixteen-year-old Matilda is a poor Covent Garden flower girl until the day she saves the life of Tabitha, a minister's daughter. Welcomed into Tabitha's family, Matilda is offered the chance of a lifetime.


About the Author

Lesley Pearse was told as a child that she had too much imagination for her own good. When she grew up she worked her way through a number of jobs, including nanny, bunny girl, dressmaker and full-time mother, before, at the age of forty-nine, settling upon a career that would allow her gifts to blossom: she became a published writer. Lesley lives in Devon and has three daughters and four grandchildren.

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Reviews

The courageous tale of a poor Victorian flower girl, who makes an epic journey from London across a vast and wild America . . .

As voted by readers as their favourite Lesley Pearse novel, Never Look Back is by the international NO.1 BESTSELLING author.

* from the publisher's description *
With characters it is impossible not to care about . . . this is storytelling at its very best * Daily Mail *
An emotional and moving epic you won't forget in a hurry * Woman's Weekly *



Book Information
ISBN 9780141046037
Author Lesley Pearse
Format Paperback
Page Count 768
Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 522g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 45mm