'[gervase Phinn Is] A Worthy Successor To James Herriott, And Every Bit As Endearing.' - Bestselling Author Alan Titchmarsh She Was Wearing Red Shoes! With Silver Heels! Elisabeth Devine Causes Quite A Stir On Her Arrival In The Village. No One Can Understand Why The Head Of A Big Inner City School Would Want To Come To Sleepy Little Barton-in-the-dale, To A Primary With More Problems Than School Dinners. And That's Not Even Counting The Challenges The Mysterious Elisabeth Herself Will Face: A Bitter Former Head Teacher, A Grumpy Caretaker And A Duplicitous Chair Of Governors, To Name But A Few. Then There's The Gossip. After All, A Woman Who Would Wear Red Shoes To An Interview Is Obviously Capable Of Anything . . . Warm, Funny And Poignant, Gervase Phinn's First Novel Creates A Fictional World That's As Real As Can Be. It Will Delight All His Fans, And Win Him Many More. Readers Are Loving The Little Village School: 'a Jolly Good Read.' - 5 Stars 'superb, Easy Reading.' - 5 Stars 'i Completely Fell In Love With All The Characters In This Book.' - 5 Stars 'will Definitely Go On To Read More Of Gervase Phinn's Works.' - 5 Stars 'wonderful Storytelling, Believable Characters.' - 5 Stars