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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 with more problems than school dinners. And thats 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 theres the gossip. After all- a woman who would wear red shoes to an interview is obviously capable of anything . . .Warm- funny and poignant- Gervase Phinns first novel for adults creates a fictional world thats as real as can be. It will delight all his fans- and win him many more....