Author: lesliehoward

Inspired by the history of the British “brideships,” this captivating historical debut tells the story of one woman’s coming of age and search for independence–for readers of Pam Jenoff’s The Orphan’s Tale and Armando Lucas Correa’s The German Girl. Tomorrow we would dock in Victoria on the northwest coast of North America, about as far away from my home as I could imagine. Like pebbles tossed … could imagine. Like pebbles tossed upon the beach, we would scatter, trying to make our way as best as we could. Most of us would marry; some would not. England, 1862. Charlotte is…