Near fine condition.Piatkus,1996.First UK edition-first printing.Brown hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(small mark on the edge of the back Dj cover,two small nicks and scratches on the Dj cover),both in near fine condition.Illustrated with a b/w drawing.Nice and clean pages with light shelf wear the outer edges,mark on the edge of page 158.Nice and clean book with light shelf wear.327pp. This is another paragraph Product Description: In Cornwall in 1910, 12-year-old Jennifer Owen finds a baby abandoned in a field. She wants to keep the child, but her mother sends him to a Helston orphanage. The incident seems a nine-days wonder, but as Jennifer matures into a young woman its repercussions have a profound effect on her life.