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It is the 1890s and Violet Frogg is on the run.
First from her stifling family home in a village near London, then from a marriage in a swanky house in Bloomsbury and a brief dally with suffragists, lastly from a fulfilling position working for Herbert Beerbohm Tree, renowned actor-manager, in the heart of London's West End.
What is Violet running from? Or to?
How many lives can a young woman inhabit before she finds one that fits?
Or is real happiness too much for a young woman to ask for in turn-of-the-century England?
About the author
Patsy Trench was born in England to an Australian mother and Anglo-Irish father. She began her working life as an actress, in the UK and in Australia, where highlights were performing alongside local legends Chips Rafferty and Skippy the Bush Kangaroo (not at the same time). She has been a scriptwriter, script editor, playscout and lyricist, and co-founder of The Children's Musical Theatre of London, creating devised musicals shows with primary school-aged children.
She is the mother of two adult children and lives in London with a Freedom Pass. When not writing books she organises theatre tours and teaches theatre part-time at Kingston University to visiting students from overseas.
Her hobbies are rag-rugging and fossicking for ancient artefacts on the Thames foreshore.
