![]() ![]() But Henry hasn’t lived in this town of Dallyangle for long. She sets off with ambitions of escaping to London, sure that there must be a train station somewhere in the town. So she makes a rash decision to run away from home. For the sheltered, socially awkward and perpetually anxious Henry, this is the worst fate imaginable. Edwina has decided it will be Henry who achieves this. It was their dead father’s wish that at least one of his daughters marry into the nobility. The Nettleblacks are the wealthiest family in town, but their money came from trade. ![]() Henry Nettleblack has just learned that her elder sister, Edwina, plans to send her off for a month-long pheasant shoot, to meet the man Edwina plans for her to marry. Her story is about love and diversity and being able to choose your own identity. Henry feels she can’t be constrained by the expectations of her family. This is our introduction to Henry, the ‘heroine’ of Nat Reeve’s startlingly good debut novel. ![]()
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