Little Miss Joy

Patience Harrison watched the sleeping rows at four in the morning, waiting for a husband who had vanished and a son who had fled after a quarrel. Jack has never stayed away all night; I must find him before Miss Prentice wakes and calls this my fault. You step into this one-chapter preview with Patience Harrison at the center, where choices turn on the people, promises, and pressure already in the room. Hold fast, George; I will bring my boy home before the sea teaches him another name. The chapter closes on a continuation question rather than resolving the novel's larger arc.

Chapters

1. Waiting and Watchingthe rows and quay of Great Yarmouth · 5 min

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