Harriet Mansfield brave wry & handsome is determined to triumph no matter what. With a decade of therapy under her belt & a new large inheritance it seems there is nothing she cannot achieve. So she decides to open the school of her dreams. To her precious little girls rich in everything but care she vows to provide the happiest childhoods in the world. For everyone knows that early years passed in delightful ways can set you up for life. But can this ambitious new departure spill some retrospective sweetness onto Harriets own harsh beginnings or better still cancel them out altogether? Will the family shes estranged from ever grant her the recognition she craves? Written with deep psychological insight & coal-black humour The Small Hours is a stunning meditation on love self-love & forgiveness & their shadowy opposites.