Tanya Ravenswater has produced a simple but unique story of Jacques Lafitte’s life and the relationships he forms along the way.

Jacques Lafitte is only 11 when his life changes forever. Following the death of his parents Jacques’ guardian, Oliver Clark moves him to Chester to live with his family. Life with the Clark family is very different from his life in Paris with his loving parents. Jacques forms a close relationship with Rebecca Clark who helps him to accept his new surroundings. As the years pass Jacques realises he has fallen in love with Rebecca and he must decide if she feels the same – the outcome could affect the whole family.

Tanya’s story centres round young Jacques Lafitte as he copes with his new life, the suicide of his closest friend while he tries to find his own stable and loving world.

Tanya Ravenswater was born in County Down, Northern Ireland. After graduating from St Andrews University with a degree in Modern Languages she followed a career in nursing, bereavement support and counselling education. Tanya writes for children and adults and has published a collection of short stories for women and has been short listed and published in the Cheshire Prize anthologies. She won the Cheshire Prize for Literature in 2014-15 for her children’s poem ‘Badger’.

Published by Twenty7 2016 pb £7.99