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I signed the letter with a flourish. I wouldn’t send it. There was no need. But I wanted to keep it somewhere safe, somewhere I could find it if I ever needed to remember why I’d done what I’d done. The fight goes on, I told myself. The fight goes on…London, 1910. Twenty-one-year-old Esther Watkins would do anything for the Suffragette cause. Imprisoned, force-fed and beaten, she is determined to fight for what she believes is right – no matter what it costs her. With new love Joseph by her side, will she get the better future she dreams of? Kent, 2019. With her marriage in tatters, school teacher Lizzie Armstrong moves to sleepy Elm Heath for a fresh start, and her pupils and the community soon steal her heart. So when the school is threatened with closure Lizzie knows she has to fight, and she looks to the school’s founder for inspiration. What makes Esther, born and bred in London, a proud Suffragette, suddenly leave the city and escape to Elm Heath? And when Lizzie uncovers Esther’s heartbreaking secret, could it give her the strength she needs to save not just the school, but her new beginning too? A heart-wrenching and uplifting novel for fans of Emily Gunnis, Kathleen McGurl and Kathryn Hughes. Readers LOVE Kerry Barrett!‘All Kerry Barrett's books are brilliant.’‘Will definitely read more from this author.’‘Kerry Barrett is a new-to-me author, and trust me when I say I will be looking up her books… Any lovers of women’s fiction with a dash of suspense will absolutely love this too!’‘Truly emotional and heartfelt… I just could not put it down. I’ll definitely be looking to read more by this author in the future.’‘This is the first book I’ve read by Kerry Barrett, and I’m so excited that I have no found another fabulous author!… Honestly, I cannot tell you just how good this really is… I find myself at times thinking about it and being drawn back in, even now.’‘I am kicking myself for not reading this book months earlier.’‘Fans of Kate Morton would love.’‘I couldn’t put it down… Beautifully written, perfectly paced… The best time slip novel I have read in a long time.’