Never Look Back

By: Lesley Pearse

Narrated by: Holli Dempsey

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Never Look Back by Lesley Pearse, read by Holli Dempsey.

One good deed takes her into another world . . .

Sixteen-year-old Matilda is a poor Covent Garden flower girl until the day she saves the life of Tabitha, a minister's daughter. Welcomed into Tabitha's family, Matilda is offered the chance of a lifetime.
She leaves behind London's slums and enters the darkest corners of New York. From there she travels across the plains to the Wild West, where San Francisco is in the grip of the gold rush.

Streetwise and strong-willed, Matilda forges a new life for herself and Tabitha among pioneers like Captain James Russell - a man to whom she is deeply attracted. Yet a civil war will soon rip apart this new nation.

Can Matilda and those she loves brave separation and carry on, never looking back?

'With characters it is impossible not to care about . . . this is storytelling at its very best'Daily Mail

'Heart-warming and evocative . . . a real delight to read' Sun

'Lose yourself in this epic saga' Bella

Critic reviews

The courageous tale of a poor Victorian flower girl, who makes an epic journey from London across a vast and wild America . . .

As voted by readers as their favourite Lesley Pearse novel, Never Look Back is by the international NO.1 BESTSELLING author.

Great story

Really beautiful and emotional story with brave and loving characters including a piece of history from two countries.

Never Look Back

This has got to be the most powerful book and story I have read this year. When it was voted as Lesley's most popular book, I had to read it. I now agree fully with that survey, what a book. Definitely a must to read.