This tender story of parents, children and step-children, mistakes and secrets
was Elizabeth Gaskell's last novel and is considered her masterpiece.
Set in the watchful society of Hollingford, this is a warm tale of love and
longing. Molly Gibson is the spirited, loyal daughter of the local doctor. Their
peaceful close-knit home is turned upside down when Molly's father decides to
remarry. Whilst Molly struggles to adjust to her snobbish stepmother, she forms
a close relationship with her glamorous new stepsister Cynthia. The strength of
this friendship is soon tested as their lives become entwined with Squire Hamley
and his two sons.