The village on the hill; an epic collision of family life and global disaster
(Adult Book)

: Three women caught up in three global disasters. Will tragedy reunite them or tear them apart for ever? Bournemouth 1912 – Ena Leighton prepares for a new life with her aunt and uncle in a beautiful house with a garden in a charming seaside town. Haunted by memories of her past life in poverty-stricken Gateshead, she longs to fit in. Southampton 1912 – Mona Leighton, a theatrical performer hiding a dark secret, travels to New York City for the promise of a job at the renowned Paradise Theatre on Broadway. She boards RMS Titanic for the voyage of a lifetime. London 1914 – Ivy Primavesi’s happy life is shattered when Great Britain declares war on Germany. Her husband signs up and her world is turned upside down. Determined to play her part, she moves to London to work as an orderly at Endell Street Military Hospital. As the war draws to an end, another, equally deadly enemy sweeps across the world.