Hands Across Time

Hands Across Time tells the story of Ernestine and her life before and during the First World War. In Letters from an Edwardian Lady, Ernestine receives a strange letter and against her better judgement, she answers it. So begins an unusual and heartfelt friendship between two women, separated by time but held together by the bonds they form through their letters. In Ernestine’s War, Ernestine waits for news as her husband fights in the War. She confides in her diary, the only place where she does not have to be strong in the face of adversity. The New Daughters continues where Ernestine’s War ends, telling the story of Thomasina and her sister Georgina. With their father dead and their mother ill, the girls have no choice but to become part of a new family and are sent to live with their Aunt Ernestine. Thomasina’s letters to her controlling mother tell the story of how she grows into a strong young woman who finally realises she has a family it is safe to love.