TIME OF ARRIVAL

It is 1951, and on a fine spring morning the 8.45 from Bristol toPaddington is preparing to leave. Albert, the driver, says goodbye to hiswife with mixed feelings. Their seeming inability to have a child hasovershadowed their happy marriage. Jenny, clumsy but loveable, longs tomake a success of her job in the restaurant car, but her tendency to getthings wrong soon attracts the interest of Marvin, the steward. Thepassengers - some regulars on the line, others making a rare visit toLondon - settle down for the journey. Some talk and get to know eachother, some while away the journey working or sleeping. But as they neartheir destination, disaster strikes... In an instant, lives are changedand everyday concerns become trivial. In this dramatic new novel,bestselling author Susan Sallis relates how love and friendship blossomwhen strangers are brought together by tragedy.