Moving to Cumbria would be a new start for Laurie - teaching the Alexander Technique would be vastly different to the hectic job of Junior Sister in a London Accident Department! Almost immediately she fell at cross-purposes with Professor Reuben Vaughan, owner of Cumthwaite Hall. He didn't believe in the benefits of the Technique, and had no hesitation in saying so, but then he didn't know the trauma that had driven Laurie out of nursing...
Stella Whitelaw is a professional writer and journalist, with over 30 novels published as well as nearly 250 short stories in national women's magazines. She is Secretary of the Parliamentary Press Gallery at the House of Commons and lives in Surrey with six beautiful cats who have provided the inspiration for her many cat books. Pollution-induced asthma has sent her walking the Sussex coast and South Downs for fresh air for healing views.