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Greater Gains continues the story of the love-hate relationship between Clara Garland and Nat Grover. Clara has been left a widow, pregnant with another man's child, and it seems as if things could not get worse. But soon her pretty and reckless youngest sister, Ellen, is harshly sentenced to deportation to the newly-discovered land of Australia, alongside many other convicts. And back in Norfolk, Clara becomes the victim of blackmail that puts her in the clutches of the wicked Nat Grover in more ways than one...Will her pure love for Prosper Mayes ever survive?
Spanning from the gritty county of Norfolk to the wilds of Australia in the early nineteenth century, the Garlands face huge obstacles in their struggle to survive as a family. Yet, they remain as inimitable and courageous as ever.
From the Inside Flap
Clara tried not to cry like the feeble woman she knew she truly was. Not to think of Prosper, not ever, to feel her heart really breaking. That was the path to despair...
Recently widowed and pregnant with her first child, the hardships of life in the early nineteenth century cannot quash fifteen-year-old Clara Garland's indomitable spirit. Even when her brother is unfairly driven from the farm and her sister finds herself in trouble with the law, Clara continues to flourish. and it is not long before the heartless yet devastatingly attractive Nat Grover becomes intent on capturing her for himself...
But what will become of Clara's true love, Prosper Mayes, living far away in the exotic land of India? Should Clara wait for what might be a pipe dream, or must she accept her fate?
The sequel to Small Gains ('Wonderfully romantic', Guardian), Greater Gains is another extraordinary story by K M Peyton, author of the award-winning Flambards series.
From the Back Cover
'There are very few born storytellers. K M Peyton is one of them'
THE Times
About the Author
THERE ARE VERY FEW BORN STORY-TELLERS. K.M. PEYTON IS ONE OF THEM' The Times
Kathleen M Peyton is a top-selling author of more than thirty novels, the best-known of which is FLAMBARDS which, with its sequels, was made into a TV serial. The winner of both the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Award for her work, this is her seventh title for the Transworld children's lists.
Author lives: Essex
