A warm, funny, and romantic tale of life in a village primary school when a new headmistress arrives She was wearing red shoes! With silver heels! Elisabeth Devine causes quite a stir on her arrival in the village. No one can understand why the head of a big inner city school would want to come to sleepy little Barton-in-the-Dale, to a primary school with more problems than school dinners. And that"s not even counting the challenges the mysterious Elisabeth herself will face: a bitter former head teacher, a grumpy caretaker, and a duplicitous chair of governors, to name but a few. Then there"s the gossip—after all, a woman who would wear red shoes to an interview is obviously capable of anything. Warm, funny, and poignant, Gervase Phinn"s first novel for adults creates a fictional world that"s as real as can be, and will delight his fans while winning him many more.