THE SEASHELL GIRL

THE SEASHELL GIRL is the story of seventeen-year-old Merryn Dyer who has been helping her mother knit the fishermen's jumpers, known as knit frocks, in their little Cornish village for as long as she can remember. With her white-blonde hair and blue eyes so different from the rest of the villagers, Merry has never felt as though she fitted in. Her mother says she takes after her father, a seaman who died before she was born. But with him gone they have had to work hard to keep their little family going and each day is a struggle. When she is offered the chance of a job in a department store many miles away from home in Plymouth, she seizes the opportunity to make new friends and a better future. With her responsibilities in the store and a romance on the horizon, Merry is sure her life is about to change for good. Then the wealthy Meredith family arrive on the scene and everything changes in a most unexpected way.

LINDA FINLAY is an Image Consultant . She has had short stories published in women's magazines but it was a move to the spectacular Devon coast with its wealth of local history that inspired her to write her first novel ‘Lily The Lace Maker'. As part of her research, she learned to make the delicate pillow lace. Her sales are growing beautifully and she creeping up the bestseller list.