Rowan's family live deep in the country - in a caravan. They are travellers and life is chaotic and very, very happy; until, that is, the day Rowan meets a strange old woman who carries the secrets of the past under her shawl. . . It is a past in which a child, Liza, is locked in a place of fear and danger - and only Rowan can unlock the door from past to present and set Liza free.
Christine Purkis has written many books including Paddlefeet, Sea Change and The Shuttered Room. She is a member of the society of literature. She lives in Bristol.