**UNILLUSTRATED EDITION. **Contains the complete and unabridged original story.

The original illustrated editions (e-book and paperback) are also available (green cover). ‘Pussy Willow Hollow’, written late in the last century in the tradition of British children’s classics, evokes the era during which the tale takes place and the above-stairs/below-stairs world of a grand Edwardian country house.

Described as ‘Downton Abbey for kids’ or ‘Peter Rabbit meets The Secret Garden’, ‘Pussy Willow Hollow’ is intended for grown-ups who fondly remember the magic of childhood stories, for advanced middle-grade readers, and for younger children if the book is read aloud by an adult. The charming story is set in the bucolic English countryside from the end of the nineteenth century until shortly after the first World War.

It follows the adventures of two children who accidentally discover a family of kind mice living in Pussy Willow Hollow, a secret enchanted spot hidden deep in the forest. Lavender Snow, a scullery maid and gardener's daughter at a well-to-do country estate, who is eight when the reader meets her, is destined for a life of drudgery in the cruel station to which she is born.

Edward Dunwell, the rich, lonely boy at the estate, who is twelve at the story's outset, is shy and timid, the result of years of bullying at the hands of his tutor. All children need a secret sanctuary in which to hide when they are downtrodden, a place where their talents may be encouraged and nurtured, and Pussy Willow Hollow is just such a spot for Lavender and Edward… but how can the family of tiny mousies who live there ever help the children to overcome their troubles? Read this heartwarming story to find out, and rediscover a bygone era in literature!.