Suffering from a cold young Stella is given an ugly doll to play with. The doll suddenly starts to talk and tells the girl about her life with a poor London family, her departure for India where she lives with a rich, but unhappy Indian family, and her ultimate return to England. "Heart-breaking, touching, a marvellous look at life in Victorian times in both England and India " Peter Armstrong, Armstrong Reviews. "Jennifer Victoria Church knows how to tug at one's heart strings. One of the best novels I ever read " Candice Strauss, Book Recommendations.