Confinement

the compelling, powerful story of two women, separated by a hundred years, but linked by the lives they choose and the decisions they make. 1849: bess hardemon arrives at the grimly dickensian priors heath school, little knowing that she will one day end up as an inspiring and legendary headmistress - but at considerable personal cost. 1970: sarah beckett is delighted to gain a place at priors heath - as much for the pride of her parents as for herself - but will she fit in? the plight of a nineteenth century schoolteacher, trapped by her duty to her job, is mirrored by a modern day woman's fight to escape the shackles of a broken marriage. bess hardemon, a tough and canny young teacher is determined to make a difference at her new school. at the cost of her own chance of finding love, bess remains trapped by her duty, a confinement echoed a century later by sarah, who must make her own choice between duty and her efforts to save a broken marriage.