Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11073 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-04
• Binding: Paperback
• 544 pages

Synopsis
Beautiful, dark-haired Lily has been abandoned in a Birmingham slum as a tiny child. With few clues as to her identity she endures a childhood of loneliness and loss. At eighteen she applies for a post as nanny with the family of a Captain Fairford, a soldier in Ambala, north India and his highly strung wife Susan. Lily is drawn into the emotional life of the Fairford family and adores her charge, two year old Cosmo. When, in 1907, Captain Fairford orders a new Daimler car, it is brought out by a young motor mechanic, Sam Ironside. Sam and Lily fall deeply in love, and it is only later that Lily learns that Sam is married and feels utterly betrayed.When Cosmo is later sent home to school, Lily finds another post with a Dr. McBride and his invalid wife, in a beautiful Himalayan hill station. The place is idyllic, and Lily settles for a quiet life. However, she is unprepared for the pain and misunderstandings that follow and force her to run from everything she has known..."Where Earth Meets Sky" takes us from Edwardian England and the British Raj, through the darkness of the Great War to the glamour of Brooklands Race Track in the 1920s.

Spanning two continents, it is a story of enduring friendships and two hearts which cannot be kept apart.

From the Author
This is a book that I have especially enjoyed writing. It has
a particular pull for me because the seed idea for the story comes from an
experience of my maternal grandfather, though I never met him. In 1905, he
was working as a mechanic at the Daimler Motor Company in Coventry, during
the early days of car manufacture. When a car was exported in those early
times, the company often sent a mechanic along with it to teach its buyer
to drive and maintain it, eespecially as it would be driven on foreign
terrain. My grandfather was sent twice to India with a car, the first time
to the northern cantonment town of Ambala, where he stayed for several
weeks. This has always fascinated me, and as it links two of my passions -
the history and people of the West Midlands and India - I could feel a
story growing out of it. So, on July 7th 2005 I set off to Ambala... As I
boarded the plane the TV screens were giving the first news of terribly
explosions in London and the next day the news was all over the 'Times of
India'... Apart from that continuing news, it was a wonderful journey, both
to Ambala and to the hillstation of Mussoorie and for me it was the best
kind of journey of all - one which is also the making of a story. 'Where
Earth Meets Sky' is the result.
I do hope many of you will enjoy it too.

Customer Reviews

Excels as usual
I thoroughly enjoyed this book although totally different to her other books which are normally stories woven around Birmingham. Ms Murray sent her central character to India. Therefore,there weren't so many references to B'ham. But,nevertheless the storyline made compelling reading. I have read all of her books and cann't wait for her next novel, which I have no doubt will be soon,as she has become a prolific writer.I hope though that she will return to base her books on and around B'ham as I relate to these better especially living in the B'ham area. More, more, more Ms Murray.

a new direction for annie
A completely new direction for Annie Murray. This novel is set in India and England and apart from a few brief references to Birmingham she has departed from her usual setting.It is alovely novel and really grips you and of course it all turns out Ok in the end.