PASSION, betrayal, friendship, devotion and snobbery loom large in this period saga set in Nuneaton when ribbon-weaving was in its heyday.

At the heart of this story are working class Sassy and her upper class and uptight mother-in-law, who have an instinctive dislike and mistrust of each other.

You can taste the heartbreak and despair and revel in romance and first love in Rosie Goodwin’s powerful, but poignant writing.