The Butterfly Box, Santa MontefioreWhen her parents marriage falls apart, Federica is forced to set up home in Cornwall with her mother. Embraced by the eccentric Appleby family, she loses her heart to their son Sam, who barely notices the little girl until it is too late.

and at the end

Heavy lies the head that wears the cowl

From Amanda Lovelace

and they join forces in the war against France

She took a whole year off dating to get her love-hooked head straight

I’m wearing baggy pants with an elastic waist

But back in the traditional world of his home village lives the wife his family chose for him when he was young--a humble and touchingly loyal woman

she is particularly known for her 1844 published volume

The participants also discuss the theory of forms

Dare you read it

cut corners

to fail fast