<p>A compelling love story beginning in poverty at the chain shops of the Black Country to the sunny beaches of Britanny and then to an attempt to forge a new life in the immigrant community of New York.An unusual and compelling book.</p><p><br></p><p>Helen Spring was born in the Black Country and had a successful business career before deciding to change to writing. She has written four novels and a book of short stories and now lives in the North West of England.</p>